Example sentences of "been [v-ing] [adj] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of claims that the relationship was one of passionate intimacy , the brigadier said : ‘ They have been suggesting that for some time . |
| 2 | Yeah , and you 've been doing that for many many years , English |
| 3 | I mean they 've been doing that for half a century or more , only now it 's getting more and they ca n't . |
| 4 | The French and the US National Science Foundation have been doing this for some time . ’ |
| 5 | They have apparently been doing this for some time . |
| 6 | One family tea-time , when Auntie had been sitting silent for some time , she said : " It 's lucky there 's never anyone left in those offices at night . " |
| 7 | The shop had been standing empty for some time , and needed a great deal of work . |
| 8 | He had been feeling cold for some time . |