Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] [pron] [det] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most people imagine that they are fairly competent communicators ; adults have been doing it all their lives ! |
| 2 | She plunged into the crowds , who had turned out in their thousands to greet her , as though she had been doing it all her life . |
| 3 | You 'd think she 'd been doing it all her life . |
| 4 | And we have been doing it all our lives . |
| 5 | The phrase ‘ I 've been doing it all my life ’ may mean ‘ in this role I am confident and feel fulfilled ’ . |
| 6 | You may say ‘ Surely I do not need to learn how to listen , I have been doing it all my life . ’ |
| 7 | In addition , having had several days in which to think about it , she could see quite clearly how it had been responsible for the problems which had been harassing her all her life . |
| 8 | It was just as Joe had been telling her all her life . |
| 9 | ‘ It seems to have been following me all my life . ’ |