Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been working [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd been working solidly for eighteen months , ’ she pointed out . |
| 2 | I 've been working here for fourteen years but I ca n't buy postage stamps without his say-so . |
| 3 | I 've been working here for seven years now and I really enjoy my job . |
| 4 | I 've been working abroad for the last twenty years , I 've just come back to the U K and my family 's all died , and I do n't know anybody , and I 'm going to start off working here . |
| 5 | ‘ I feel that we have been working together for much longer , ’ says Sandra , ‘ because even when we had our own businesses we would ring each other up for advice . |
| 6 | We have been working together for the past three days . |
| 7 | Now there is nothing to prevent plural continuation here ( e.g. They had been working hard for hours ) , but the incidence of such continuations was less than 5% , and continuations mostly were confined to singular references with individuals being in relatively stereotypical roles with respect to each other . |
| 8 | They have been working successfully for years and apparently preclude the necessity of fertilisers . |
| 9 | And yes , he 'd been working there for several days . |
| 10 | After all , he 's been working here for centuries , and I bet no one 's ever heard him say ‘ Cut , that 's a wrap ’ , before . ’ |