Example sentences of "been [v-ing] for [art] hour " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody left the queue : they were n't going to lose their place , they 'd been queueing for an hour . |
| 2 | From the statement " It has been raining for an hour in Chicago " , for example , we are able to infer , using our knowledge of the real world , that the streets of Chicago are wet . |
| 3 | She has been walking for an hour a day for more than a year , but very slowly . |
| 4 | The young man admitted in due course , when we had been driving for an hour , that he did not know the way and was totally lost . |
| 5 | At this time of the evening they 'd have been drinking for an hour . |