Example sentences of "he 'd be [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He 'd been looking for that for ages .
2 He 'd been driving for sixty years , you 've never had an accident .
3 If he 'd been cycling for fifteen hours , you you have a look and tell me how far he would have gone .
4 If he 'd been cycling for fourteen hours , let's say fifteen hours .
5 And he 'd been rubbing for that long they 'd gone that colour .
6 This was ‘ Ace 's wave ’ , the one he 'd been waiting for all his life .
7 this chap was here last week he bought this pine table up , got his key , and he 'd been working for three years in Norway
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