Example sentences of "what [pers pn] 'd been [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | During that week I felt the Lord speak to me and I knew that this is what I 'd been looking for all my life and I decided to follow Jesus . |
| 2 | At last she found what she 'd been looking for . |
| 3 | Well , he told Mummy , and now she 's furious , because apparently it 's what she 'd been hoping for . |
| 4 | What we decided to do , because I thought that 's what you 'd been pressing for , was to show that as the equivalent affect of , okay , you think you 're making these profits but you 're actually enjoying services that you 're not paying for . |
| 5 | ‘ I asked what you 'd been doing for the last five years … ’ |
| 6 | That 's what they 'd been fighting for for twenty years . |
| 7 | The Raubvogel had just entered the short tunnel that led out of the cavern , when Katze finally found what he 'd been looking for . |
| 8 | It was in the second of the rooms behind a damp stack of spare mattresses that he found what he 'd been hoping for . |
| 9 | But that was what he 'd been doing for the past several minutes . |