Example sentences of "'ve been [verb] [adj] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been riding this horse for a couple of years now and he never lets me down . |
| 2 | I mean , I 've been living this guy for three weeks now and Vic starts telling me how to speak ? |
| 3 | Yeah it 's more difficult to keep up with others if they if they 're older and they 've been learning this stuff for a lot longer |
| 4 | In China they 've been eating mouldering cabbage for aeons and it gives them cancer of the oesophagus . |
| 5 | We 've been seeing each other for two years now and , although we have n't set a date , we are planning to get married . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ They 've been showing this stuff for two years ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ They 've been showing this stuff for two years ’ . |
| 8 | They 've been racing each other for years and have developed a friendly rivalry . |
| 9 | ‘ But I 've been doing this job for so many years , I 've probably been playing the odds too long . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Some of the stuff is very '70s sounding , but then again , as we 've been doing this thing for such a long time , I guess it 's kinda cool that all that is back in vogue . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been working this way for 18 months now and I 'm really happy with how it 's going . |
| 12 | It 's wandered to every lass in Mull and Morvern while I 've been carrying this babe for you ! ’ |
| 13 | I mean , obviously we 've been playing this game for hours . |
| 14 | I 've been fighting this battle for four years and we 've eventually got there . |