Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] for [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | And proud too , cos blimey , I been walking for ages and when I get back home she 'll think I been real clever to find my own way back , and I ai n't got a yellow card or nothing . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been knocking for ages and all ye do is laugh up at me . ’ |
| 3 | Two district councils , Angus and Cumnock & Doon Valley , have already been pressing for changes and the committee was told that many other authorities were experiencing disadvantages because of the rule . |
| 4 | Professor Alex McDougall , convener of the institute 's VAT sub-committee , said ICAS had been pressing for Customs and Excise and the VAT tribunal to have to power to mitigate penalties . |
| 5 | The Moslems , supporters of the Democratic Action Party ( based in Bosnia-Hercegovina ) , were protesting at what they claimed to be repression of the rights of Moslems in the Sanjak and Serbian efforts to drive them out ( Sanjak Moslem militants had been agitating for autonomy and closer links with Bosnia-Hercegovina , where Moslems were the largest national group ) . |
| 6 | ‘ This thing has been smouldering for years and now it 's finally broken through . |
| 7 | Lesley saw it more as a letting-off of repressed energy : ‘ I think this thing has been smouldering for years and now it 's finally broken through . |
| 8 | If he had really only been looking for shelter and a place to doss down for the night , why look further than this ? |
| 9 | Thus flighted , I sent them shooting out over the mud and the water towards their suffocating ends ; then I buried them , using as coffins the big matchboxes we always kept by the stove , and which I had been saving for years and using as toy-soldier containers , model houses and so on . |
| 10 | Even one would be good enough for there are riders who have been racing for years and have never gone well here . ’ |
| 11 | You have got to train that person which you could have been doing for years and |
| 12 | It 's been dripping for weeks and Timmy 's always falling about in the mud . ’ |
| 13 | The Merseyside Police Raft Race has been running for years and during that time has raised vast sums for local charities . |
| 14 | ‘ Posh restaurants have been closing for renovations and re-opening as cheap eateries . ’ |
| 15 | It had been unnerving for Martin and we had wasted a lot of time , but we pushed on to the final ridge . |
| 16 | It 's a time bomb that 's been ticking for centuries and the fuse has always been gold . |
| 17 | Perhaps , thought Robert , he had simply been playing for time and had now come up with a credible answer . |
| 18 | Maurice Hope held a similar view , though he favoured social rather than genetic factors : ‘ Black people are natural fighters ; they 've been fighting for survival and they 've been in that condition all their lives . |
| 19 | Merlin , who 'd been covering for Paul and protecting the South Sussex 's goal , cleared once again , but Perdita blocked his shot . |
| 20 | She 'd been longing for peace and quiet so that she could get on with her carving , and , now that she had it , was standing here like a loon ! |
| 21 | The brew is still fermented for days , using the same yeast which has been working for years and years . |
| 22 | Like the ‘ Samson ’ , it is an important rediscovery , once in the Demidoff Collection , that had been missing for decades and was last seen in at the C.L.Cardon sale in Brussels in 1921 . |
| 23 | Do you know I 've been dieting for week and I feel |