Example sentences of "as [pers pn] have [been] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was in that frame of mind that I moved into the Olympic year indoor season , saying , as I had been doing for a long time , ‘ In ‘ 88 , I 'll graduate ! ’ |
| 2 | Perhaps my hon. Friend does not know that the Government have just announced that they intend to nationalise the private enterprise operation that I am running , which entails my sending those replies to all Opposition Members — as I have been doing for the past three months — and , this month , to Conservative Members , following an offer made to their Whips some time ago . |
| 3 | Now , however , she sat up in bed and wondered , as she had been wondering for the last few days , what had happened to the spider . |
| 4 | We are fighting to trade freely and openly within the law , as we have been doing for many years . |
| 5 | Luckily the washing machine coped as adequately with Ruth 's clothes as it had been doing for the past six years . |
| 6 | In a conventional world , the Chancellor would simply roll his forecasts forward as he has been doing for the past two years now . |