Example sentences of "[verb] been [v-ing] for week " in BNC.
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| 1 | A READER writes that she has been trying for weeks to find the outcome of the Prime Minister 's ‘ Taking Stock ’ exercise . |
| 2 | And just in case any men out there still need to be convinced that cleanliness is next to Robert Redfordness , how about the tale of a friend of mine who was desperate to impress a woman he had been pursuing for weeks . |
| 3 | It had been waiting for weeks . |
| 4 | THEY had been nit-picking for weeks . |
| 5 | Towards which we 've been striving for weeks . |
| 6 | yes you 've been promising for weeks |
| 7 | Do you know I 've been dieting for week and I feel |
| 8 | Even if it happens that I have made a firm decision to commit suicide , and have been wondering for weeks how to cheat the insurance company , the failure to jump would accord with my intention only by chance . |
| 9 | It 's been dripping for weeks and Timmy 's always falling about in the mud . ’ |