Example sentences of "been [v-ing] [adj] for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I heard myself saying the line that had been waiting ready for months : ‘ I think the time has come when you must go in . ’
2 It had been lying empty for months , he said .
3 A privately owned half-timbered cottage ( mostly 16th-century ) with pantiled roof and porches , it has been standing empty for years
4 It transpired that he had been sleeping rough for weeks and that his last known address was a Salvation Army hostel 100 miles away .
5 My husband has been practising dying for years .
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