Example sentences of "'s be [v-ing] [prep] [num] " in BNC.

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1 He 's just joined the Squadron but he 's been flying for two years . ’
2 She says that she 's been flying for three years .
3 The main problem 's been getting into one of the vehicles where four of the dead were trapped
4 do you want a cup of tea that 's been stewing for three days ?
5 I know this may sound like a long shot — but someone who 's been listening to 2 Pac 's ‘ 2PacalypseNow ’ super-LP was recently arrested in a stolen car ( with the tape still playing ) for killing a police officer in America .
6 I , I look at these science things where , you know , they 're sending these things , America 's sending them , it 's been going for two year thousands of miles an hour , you know , probably a minute er and the as the man came over who went to the moon , the top man , to lecture and he was asked innumerable questions and one was do you think there 's anything up there ?
7 He 's been going for three hours .
8 Everyone remembers Star Trek , it 's been going for twenty five years
9 The centre 's been running for four years and is still looked after by Andy Middleton who set it up .
10 According to what we 've been able to piece together using what may be dated information , it 's been working on four lines of development , all using the company 's proprietary 64-bit Sparc implementation and the VME bus .
11 Police are growing increasingly worried about a mentally handicapped man who 's been missing for three days .
12 Police in Lothian are increasingly concerned about the safety of a fifteen year old girl who 's been missing for ten days .
13 It 's been happening for hundreds of years .
14 Erm if he 's another easy one is if he 's been travelling for one hour how far has he gone ?
15 Now we 've got three points there it 's probably they they give you four here so we 'll do another one erm , when he 's been travelling for five hours how far 's he gone ?
16 Okay and when it 's been travelling for five hours it goes through erm what 's another station up there ? let's say Carlisle something like that .
17 And if he 's been travelling for ten hours , how far 's he gone ?
18 Now when it 's been travelling for three hours it goes through Manchester .
19 And when it 's been travelling for seven hours it gets into Glasgow .
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