Example sentences of "been [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | Below them , a large group of human subjects had been circling for hours around a roller rink set among the trees . |
| 32 | I 've been cooking for 7 years now , including my school , my cookery school . |
| 33 | if they have been sniffing for so e time , arrange a health check |
| 34 | It has been raining for three days — Oh ! how lovely the caravans were those evenings in Touggourt , when the sun was sinking into the salt . |
| 35 | It had been raining for over three hours , and the hide Duncan lay in was filled with water . |
| 36 | " It 's been raining for a week . " |
| 37 | From the statement " It has been raining for an hour in Chicago " , for example , we are able to infer , using our knowledge of the real world , that the streets of Chicago are wet . |
| 38 | But although it had now been raining for several hours , there was not the least damp or cold either in the deep runs or in the many burrows that they passed . |
| 39 | Dictating condolences to the mother of a murdered husband whom you 've been cuckolding for the last three years would take more than his limited social vocabulary . |
| 40 | But it 's been hanging for the l particular local plan to receive more specific impetu done this exercise properly . |
| 41 | He is very pleased with the ‘ good meaty topics ’ departments have been suggesting for scrutiny this year . |
| 42 | Since the department since the regional office has been suggesting for some time , or throughout the entire process of this structure plan alteration , that erm an exceptions policy should be considered by the erm county council , I think it would be consistent that we would anticipate the panel could reach a conclusion on the inclusion of the major exceptions policy as part of this alteration . |
| 43 | I 've been farming for the last 70 years and never seen anything like it . ’ |
| 44 | Two hundred and eight golf professionals — some reigning champions , others young rookies — have been competing for 50 places on next season 's full European Tour . |
| 45 | Two hundred and eight golf professionals — some reigning champions , others young rookies — have been competing for 50 places on next season 's full European Tour . |
| 46 | Disabled people from all over the country have been competing for honours in a carriage driving contest . |
| 47 | Dozens of street musicians have been competing for the title of Britain 's best busker . |
| 48 | Brewers have been competing for the title of Best British Beer at the industry 's own version of the Oscars . |
| 49 | Farmworkers have been competing for the title of Britain 's best ploughman , and a place in the world finals in New Zealand . |
| 50 | She woke early on the morning of July 29 , 1981 which is not surprising as her room overlooked the Mall where the singing , chattering crowds had been gathering for days . |
| 51 | The sightseers on the banks of the river , who , sensing something afoot , had been gathering for a few hours , dodged about , seeking a view between bushes . |
| 52 | ‘ We 've been struggling for years . |
| 53 | After his exit from Monday 's semi-finals , Black revealed that he had been struggling for five years with a ‘ bio-mechanical ’ problem which affects his body balance and leads to other injuries . |
| 54 | You 've all got friends and relations in er other jobs and they 've all been struggling for the last two or three years have n't they ? |
| 55 | We have been struggling for years with an inadequate meat hygiene inspection system and we need , as soon as possible , to replace it with a centralised system that will guarantee high standards and uniform costs . |
| 56 | For instance having retired to this lovely English village , and assembled my wits and memories to compile this narrative , I have had the satisfaction recently of discovering the original meaning of three common expressions which I have been using for years . |
| 57 | ‘ What I 've been using for about the last five years are Seymour Duncan amps . |
| 58 | Most of the sample group ( 82 per cent ) had been using for over two years before they first sought treatment . |
| 59 | The thing is , he has been using for such a long time . |
| 60 | These solutions , which involved old technology , simply applied to the ocean freighter what railroads and truckers had been using for 30 years . |