Example sentences of "[conj] had [be] [v-ing] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew this was something that had been happening slowly for a long time , something that had to happen or he was lost , but it was such a brittle structure they were building , one word would topple it , shatter it , one word would be enough to jerk them back into that ordinary daylight where nothing could be changed or righted , nothing could unravel . |
| 2 | The young Robert Zimmerman had changed his name to Bob Dylan and had been wailing away for a couple of years or so , and Nicholson was among the first of his fans who listened to and studied the words of his anti-establishment anthems , ‘ The Times , They Are A-Changin ’ and his ‘ Mr Tambourine Man ’ which was a taunting , haunting song with a very hard edge that white middle-class youth took to be an ode to a dope dealer , which Dylan denied . |
| 3 | It was n't that long ago that John Hurt was drinking heavily , and had been doing so for years . |
| 4 | Bodie was making eyes at the girl , and had been doing so for most of the hearing . |
| 5 | They said yes , Andrus did come on Fridays and had been doing so for years . |