Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [v-ing] [prep] you for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My dear , your real mother has been looking after you for the past twenty years , ’ said Miss Rose sharply . |
| 2 | If the employee has been working for you for up to eight weeks and does not have a linking letter or a Leaver 's statement , phone your Social Security office and ask if the start of the PIW you are dealing with links back to a claim to a Social Security benefit . |
| 3 | Now you suspected she 'd been lying to you for thirteen years . |
| 4 | ‘ We 've been looking for you for ages , ’ he said . |
| 5 | We 've been looking for you for some months . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been looking for you for days , now , ’ he said . |
| 7 | I 've been looking for you for years , but I only knew the name that she used to call you — Prince Charming . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been looking for you for years — Prince Charming . ’ |
| 9 | I 've been working with you for weeks . |
| 10 | ‘ Hullo , Pranger , I 've been waiting for you for years . ’ |
| 11 | " I 've been waiting for you for six hours . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been waiting for you for the past three hours , pacing the corridors , wearing out the carpet . |