Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] here [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local folk have been picking here for generations and always made sure that the beds were not overfished . |
| 2 | So far as a family we have been living here for about 6/7 years . |
| 3 | They have been living here for seven years but now they are being inundated by refuse . |
| 4 | Royston Lambert captured this mood in a seventeen-year-old boy talking about his family and school : ‘ They have been coming here since the seventeenth century , I think , although what they did before that I ca n't imagine , had Tutors I suppose . |
| 5 | Some fear reprisals if they did so , although tourists have been coming here for years to fish for trout and salmon . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ They have been coming here for the past six years . ’ |
| 7 | Citalia customers have been coming here for over 30 years and find simple accommodation and furnishings — fresh and spotlessly kept . |
| 8 | ‘ I have been coming here for nine years and have a feel for the heart of the city and this song says it all . ’ |
| 9 | I have been arguing here for what might be termed appropriate research , analogous to the notion of appropriate technology . |
| 10 | We have been arguing here for a view of the state in which governments are managing not only class and social relations but also individuals . |
| 11 | Taxis have been parking here for more than thirty years . |
| 12 | ‘ You mean to say we have been sitting here for an hour with a motorbike and sidecar parked outside ? ’ |