1. They have been political rivals for more than 30 years and still are.
2. New York house has been his main home for the last forty years.
3. I have missed you terribly! Where have you been all this time?
4. It has been a long way, I really feel tired.
5. I have always liked being near water, and for as long as I can remember.
6. Frank wants to fly. He has done this so many times in his mind that he is beginning to think it really has happened.
7, Life has been very kind to me.
8.1 have not seen fireflies since I was a kid.
9. I have noticed something strange in her lately.
10. We believe you have been very busy since you arrived in New York.
11. Melanie has known the Hills for donkey's years.
12. After all, Nigel always has been a bit of a know-it-all.
13. It is quiet in the apartment now that everybody has left it.
14. It's strange that they are friends, they have never shared the same interests.
15. "I think you had better leave," he said icily. "Before I really lose my temper. I have just had enough of you."
16.1 have always wanted to look clever, but now at the age of twenty I have to admit that I look like a person who has never even heard of Jung or Updike.
17. We have seen each other fairly steadily for the past year, and when David asked me to marry him, last week, there seemed no reason to say "no". I have been very lonely for a very long time. And so has been David, ever since his wife died seven years ago.