Example sentences of "been [verb] [adv] for two [noun] " 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 | Anyway , they know each other pretty well , having been living together for two years now . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been waiting here for two hours , Fagin , ’ said the stranger . |
| 4 | But it 's been going on for two years . ’ |
| 5 | In another class , a boy is being cross-examined on complaints by both girls and boys in the class that he has been groping them ; it emerges through class discussion that this has been going on for two years . |
| 6 | The £750,000 Payton has been ruled out for two weeks with a torn hamstring sustained in the FA Cup replay defeat by Portsmouth . |
| 7 | This problem has been carrying on for two months or more , and so far I have not found a successful treatment . |
| 8 | The band had been playing together for two years , at school dances , in pubs and as support at a couple of bigger concerts , but they 'd never been written about before . |
| 9 | He said almost sulkily , ‘ I 've been behaving badly for two years , and you know it , and you do n't even mind . ’ |