Example sentences of "he [vb -s] been [v-ing] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has been trying for three years and he said today : ‘ Maybe it is because , God knows , I 've had some leg problems and I just can not climb those steps that easily , ’ he joked . |
| 2 | It was his first medal in the competition , which he has been entering for five years — his previous best placing was ninth in 1990 . |
| 3 | He 's just joined the Squadron but he 's been flying for two years . ’ |
| 4 | He 's been going for three hours . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | Erm if he 's another easy one is if he 's been travelling for one hour how far has he gone ? |
| 7 | And if he 's been travelling for ten hours , how far 's he gone ? |