Example sentences of "'s be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | " It 's been raining for a week . " |
| 32 | Well Dennis er Roger 's been doing for it for Leeds North West have n't you ? |
| 33 | He 's been going for three hours . |
| 34 | And of course I do n't know how long do n't know how long that one 's been going for , but obviously that 's another sort of problem in some way . |
| 35 | Well never can he and er the other partners with er the plant hire that 's been going for donkey 's ages and never shows a profit . |
| 36 | a standard Anglepoise lamp er which it 's been going for a number of years , you can get it in about six different colours to match different designs of , er put colour into your room , now if somebody was spending a lot of time sitting knitting and has to look at the knitting or has to look at the pattern then er a good strong light which wo n't get in their eyes but goes straight on to what , whatever they 're doing , is by far the best thing for them , er but they say oh I do n't like it , it 's a bit angular is n't it , erm , modern sort of thing , er but because it 's angular it does n't mean to say it 's not gon na fit into the room it 's the right thing for it , er for the person doing that work . |
| 37 | Everyone remembers Star Trek , it 's been going for twenty five years |
| 38 | in time and it 's been going for about five years . |
| 39 | I , I look at these science things where , you know , they 're sending these things , America 's sending them , it 's been going for two year thousands of miles an hour , you know , probably a minute er and the as the man came over who went to the moon , the top man , to lecture and he was asked innumerable questions and one was do you think there 's anything up there ? |
| 40 | Do you know Dave I read erm we there 's a magazine called Good Housekeeping and it 's been going for it had been going for seventy years , last year it started in nineteen twenty one , women 's magazine , very good one and they had a sort of seventieth birthday issue |
| 41 | It 's been going for about two now |
| 42 | She 's been going for that ra is it radium ? |
| 43 | Yeah , that 's a very old make you know , that one 's been going for donkey years , but it 's those colours , I mean there 's at least , well with the o |
| 44 | But why , when she 's been playing for so long , has millions in the bank and leads a very active life outside the tour , does she still have the desire to compete ? |
| 45 | Since his recovery , he 's been running for the Cancer Research Campaign . |
| 46 | Since his recovery , he 's been running for the Cancer Research Campaign . |
| 47 | ‘ He 's been running for a bookie again , Sarah . |
| 48 | Can I just draw people 's attention to the very last point which was made in case any one sending large sums of cash through the post office , erm , it , it 's been running for a long time |
| 49 | The centre 's been running for four years and is still looked after by Andy Middleton who set it up . |
| 50 | She 's been asking for you , she feels terribly guilty about the baby . ’ |
| 51 | ‘ He 's been asking for you . ’ |
| 52 | Actually , Becky 's been asking for you , Rourke . |
| 53 | Your wife 's been asking for you — ’ |
| 54 | He 's been working for it for years . |
| 55 | The Tree has some pretty weird ideas about religion ; he might just swallow the idea he 's been working for the devil all this time . |
| 56 | Since she left school she 's been working for the Fish Co-operative in Stockholm Backs , not far from Riddle 's yard . ’ |
| 57 | Stella 's been working for Perry . |
| 58 | " Did n't Jenny tell you she 's been working for me ? " |
| 59 | ‘ He 's been working for you ? ’ |
| 60 | Well obviously the sad reality of the thing does n't come home to , to our countrymen and a man comes up last week and tells me that he 's been paid off by the Daily Record he 's been working for them for thirty five years and he asked what how much pension will he have and says that he 's getting four years pension . |