Example sentences of "[verb] be [v-ing] [adv prt] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robert Taylor has been listening out for the sounds of an economic recovery |
| 2 | Over in Cheltenham , Frank Ford has been watching out for the first signs of winter . |
| 3 | Dr Peggy Heeks reports on research she has been carrying out for the British Library |
| 4 | In Guatemala too , the 1980s marked a high point of repression in a political conflict which has been going on for the best part of thirty years . |
| 5 | The whiplash dynamics of Batman Returns represent the culmination of a process that has been going on for the last 15 years . |
| 6 | It is common for patients to appear for their first out-patient appointment with one or other of these problems , which has been going on for the previous few weeks . |
| 7 | OSF 's singular appearance changes the rules the industry has been playing by for the past few years , narrowing the gap between the two camps , and allowing more room for the players to manoeuvre . |
| 8 | Might have been queuing up for the keep-fit actually , yes I was , I was queuing up to go to keep-fit and there was a woman in the queue saying that about so and so and so , ooh he 's moving she said ! |
| 9 | If it had been someone else 's funeral George would have been looking out for the nearest pub . |
| 10 | Reveille for the remainder was at 0600 , as the transit camp we had been living in for the fortnight had to be handed over to the next inhabitants spick and span . |
| 11 | Mistakenly , he had agreed to let Brompton-Smiley travel with him in the Rolls and discuss the matter of some urgency he had been whining about for the last two days . |
| 12 | Ramped Craft Logistic and mexeflote rafts had been arriving regularly throughout the night , continuing the build-up of vehicles and ammunition Which had been going on for the past two days . |
| 13 | I ca n't of course foretell er what 's gon na happen in Eastern Europe , but looking externally er at the lower interest rates and the er more competitive value of the pound and internally at the improved cash flow and the actions that we 've been taking over for the past couple of years and I can say that there 's now generally a more optimistic feeling in the air amongst our group companies . |
| 14 | I ca n't believe it , I 've been slagging off for the three weeks this is crap , this is really naff . |
| 15 | No-one 's wanted to have a punt and we 've been scrambling about for the odd winner . |
| 16 | In the U K the improvement plans we 've been working on for the last two years have been very successfully implemented but they 've been overtaken by the U K recession . |
| 17 | The village is fascinating ; the sort of place the press have been raving about for the past four years when they talk about ‘ unspoilt Turkey ’ . |
| 18 | To most people the term Gatt means very little but the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade which 108 countries have been wrestling over for the past six years is vital to fair trading throughout the world . |
| 19 | This allowance is very limited — it is available only for married women whose child/children are over four years of age and who have been signing on for the previous six months . |
| 20 | The marquees have been going up for the Hay on Wye festival of Literature which begins tonight . |
| 21 | They tell us what 's been happening on the unit that we 're going to be working on , so that we know what 's been going on for the morning . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ The Division 's been going out for the last fifteen years ; slowly but surely . ’ |