Example sentences of "'s been [v-ing] for [noun] " in BNC.

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1	Her tone is soothing , her whispers slide like sighs , but gently she is uncovering the reproach she 's been hiding for days .
2	It 's a time bomb that 's been ticking for centuries and the fuse has always been gold .
3	There 's nothing new in that — she 's been trying for years .
4	Gator 's been riding for Vision practically since the birth of the wheel , and thus his models have always been a Vision favourite .
5	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 .
6	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
7	Stella 's been working for Perry .
8	He 's been canoeing for years .
9	Everyone thought Pratesi was the buyer because he 's been talking for years about building a bigger place , rearing his own pigs and growing his own feed .
10	What he can do is instill a sense of purpose and energy that 's been missing for years .
11	A farmer who 's been fighting for years to KEEP gypsies on his land has been given the go-ahead after a public inquiry .
12	An MP who 's been campaigning for years to have the road improved said tonight that he 'll be pressing the government yet again to have it upgraded to a dual carriageway .
13	There 's been advertising for years , not just since the fifties ; there was advertising in Victorian times ; newspapers and magazines , and pornography with drawings of women , and how men thought women should look , and the theatre and books all put out the same sorts of things — this is how a woman should be .
14	It does n't matter it 's been recording for ages .
15	And she passed with flying colours She 's been driving for years apparently but she had to take a test .
16	It 's been dripping for weeks and Timmy 's always falling about in the mud . ’

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