Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] an [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been researching an article for an historical magazine . |
| 2 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton , the education minister , had been considering an appeal for support but turned down the college in December . |
| 3 | She subsequently discovered that they had been having an affair for several months . |
| 4 | I 'm 30 and I 've been having an affair for the past five years . |
| 5 | The pair of them had probably not been having an affair for long — only perhaps after Kemp 's long infatuation with the semi-permanently sozzled Sheila had begun to wear off . |
| 6 | Ann had been taking an antidepressant for 6 months without much benefit . |
| 7 | It was only as I read your article that I realised my husband had n't been receiving an allowance for a dependant — me ! |