Example sentences of "been [v-ing] [pers pn] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been seeing her for over a year now and yesterday she popped the big question . |
| 2 | Margaret had been seeing him for nearly a year and Maura had the feeling that they were going to get married . |
| 3 | You 're only , I think you 're only supposed to use them for a , a few months , I 've been using them for about three years . |
| 4 | Since the approach was fairly new to all interviewed ( none had been operating it for more than nine months ) the responses may have more to do with expectations than experience , but nevertheless they serve to sketch out the potential of the care programme approach to affect every aspect of mental health care , for good or ill . |
| 5 | He 's been doing it for quite a while now has n't he ? |
| 6 | ‘ She has been doing it for about three years . |
| 7 | But you you 've got the drift and as long as I I persuade people to listen to the people who 've been doing it for so long |
| 8 | You look at Lauren Hutton , who 's been doing it for more than 20 years . |
| 9 | You 've been saying it for so long . |
| 10 | It may be that you have been taking them for so long that you are caught up in a chemical spiral and can not now function without them . |
| 11 | I did not suffer any side effects myself from the new drug but , after I had been taking it for nearly two years , I became pregnant . |
| 12 | I did not suffer any side effects myself from the new drug but , after I had been taking it for nearly two years , I became pregnant . |
| 13 | Creating flower wreaths and circles is a family tradition — Elizabeth Jane has been making them for as long as she can remember . |
| 14 | She 'd been avoiding it for so long , but she had no choice about facing it now . |
| 15 | The expression that had been haunting her for nearly two days . |
| 16 | Sharon , who works at a miniature models factory in Wrexham , said : ‘ I have been teasing him for about two weeks for not being romantic but he has shown me I was wrong . |
| 17 | Sharon , who works at a miniature models factory in Wrexham , said : ‘ I have been teasing him for about two weeks for not being romantic but he has shown me I was wrong . |