Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] have [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later in that passage he wrote : ‘ It was n't until thirty years later when I saw her in another woman [ Elizabeth Taylor ] that I realised I had been searching for her all my life . ’ |
| 2 | so I mean I 'd been dying for this pint all , all day sort of thing , I felt much better after that . |
| 3 | Do you know I 've been dieting for week and I feel |
| 4 | And he would ask a few questions , say he 'd been looking for a few hours . |
| 5 | He says I have been flying for four years . |
| 6 | I do n't we got about three , three thirty in the morning , both of them went out to er canal somewhere up Dulgate , past Dulgate we set up and we 'd we 'd been fishing for about two and half hours it 's aba about six thirty in the morning this old farmer comes up says er aye , aye lads , he said er I would n't bother it , they drained this area of the canal a few months ago ! |
| 7 | It does n't matter it 's been recording for ages . |
| 8 | Thus , a Keeper of Italian Painting would have responsibility for the Italian drawings , thereby not only linking their administration and scholarly maintenance but also bringing drawing into the direct relationship with painting which Clifford says he has been advocating for many years . |
| 9 | You mean she thinks you 've been spying for me ! |
| 10 | You might remember I 've been pressing for this for about eighteen bloody months . |
| 11 | The man claimed he had been looking for his girlfriend when challenged by staff members . |
| 12 | ‘ What the ‘ ell do you think we 've been doin' for the last hour ? ’ asked Tommy . |
| 13 | Fastext for quick access to teletext and a full function infra-red remote control make this small portable the second set you 've been waiting for ! |
| 14 | Unfortunately one day when it was earlier on he , he got his commands mixed up and we was m marching down the yard and the drive , and we was marching towards the factory up and down and right wheel and about turn , left wheel , basic foot drill you know it had been going for about ten minutes and all and we was going down towards the factory and erm we kept on going , we was getting close to the factory and he , he he forgot his words forgot what er command he wanted to give and he shouted stop you 'll be in the bloody factory in a minute instead of sa shouting halt , you know , he , he got flummoxed . |
| 15 | ‘ I know he 's been looking for you . |
| 16 | Oxford ca n't grumble they 've been winning for 15 years … its Cambridge 's turn but Oxford will be back on top next year |
| 17 | He was inclined to believe he had been looking for an excuse to ring her , which was foolish because he did not need an excuse . |
| 18 | He realised they had been watching for some minutes before he noticed them . |
| 19 | ‘ I bet he 's been dying for an audience , ’ Dalziel said to Pascoe . |
| 20 | So I should n't think he 's been driving for some time and |
| 21 | As the door closed , Zen let out a breath he realized he had been holding for a long time . |
| 22 | As all the world knows I 'm now 61 so it follows I 've been playing for yonks , interrupted only by a broken leg and two children . |
| 23 | Ellie ran upstairs , threw off her old blouse and skirt and her much darned stockings , and got hurriedly dressed in her Sunday best , yet another variation on the plain black dress with detachable collar and cuffs she had been wearing for as long as she could remember . |
| 24 | I 've discovered who has been paying for my education . |
| 25 | I just said , goodness , I said we 've been waiting for this parcel since before Christmas and he says oh have you duck . |
| 26 | Buckby , who is also secretary of the Langbaurgh Schools Cross Country Association , said he had been trying for nearly ten years to have the rule changed . |
| 27 | Douglas Gray of Middleton in Teesdale said he had been complaining for over two years about undelivered letters and hit out at the ‘ uncaring attitude ’ of the Post Office in Darlington . |
| 28 | Prince Charles said he 'd been waiting for a year for the chance to speak publiclty about the fate of the Marsh Arabs . |
| 29 | See I 've been coming for years with mouth ulcers . |