Example sentences of "'ve been [verb] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I see you 've got no carpets down anywhere the door 's not painted and he said you 've been living here for two years ! |
| 2 | Mrs Probyn 's husband has told police that the pair , who 've been living apart for several months , had a row . |
| 3 | They 've been hunting here for 150 years . |
| 4 | Because they 're a year younger than I am , two years younger and they 've been registered now for six , seven , eight , or nine years . |
| 5 | not freehold land freehold buildings we 've been depreciating now for many many years . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been racing around for most of the day . |
| 7 | I 'm not , I 've been sitting down for half an hour . |
| 8 | He said almost sulkily , ‘ I 've been behaving badly for two years , and you know it , and you do n't even mind . ’ |
| 9 | I 've been going downhill for several days now . |
| 10 | I 've been working here for fourteen years but I ca n't buy postage stamps without his say-so . |
| 11 | I 've been working here for seven years now and I really enjoy my job . |
| 12 | I I 've been coming here for forty years so far and and provocative statement I think in your programme this Autumn is the best that you 've had for years it 's a very good combination of classical and and modern plays and I really congratulate you on this programme and I would like to see that standard maintained . |
| 13 | I 've been coming here for some time and only now am I relaxed there . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been waiting here for two hours , Fagin , ’ said the stranger . |
| 15 | I 've been waiting here for ten minutes = I 'm waiting here ten minutes |