Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [be] [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Allan has been working for Historic Scotland since 1986 and has gained wide-ranging experience including masonry consolidation , hewing and building of all types of stonework at sites throughout Grampian Region and the Shetland Islands . |
| 2 | Coun. Grant said he and Colburn parish council had been pressing for improved pedestrian safety at this point . |
| 3 | Throughout 1838 , Darwin had been allowing for Lyellian competitive defeats to extinguish some species before their predetermined ageing overcame them . |
| 4 | The big fish had been making for deep water all afternoon and Trent had n't seen a bird for the past hour . |
| 5 | People magazine has been looking for possible substitutes , and among the personalities they suggest is Prince Charles . |
| 6 | Henderson had been working for British secret services for 20 years , it was revealed last night . |
| 7 | Recently , Moore had been commentating for London-based Capital Radio at football matches , as well as working as a partner in a sports marketing company , preparing for the 1994 World Cup . |
| 8 | After all , the National Association of Labour Teachers had been pressing for Common Schools since 1930 . |
| 9 | Social Services departments have been caring for young offenders since 1972 . |
| 10 | Alexei had been listening for other footsteps coming along the bridge . |
| 11 | In point of fact the JCS had been pressing for consistent applications of containment ever since 1947 , had identified US security interests with Nationalist success in China and had declared that , if the Chinese Nationalists were to fall , the US must be prepared to accept eventual Soviet hegemony over Asia . |
| 12 | The school 's been lobbying for new buildings for several years . |
| 13 | And they would then sell these goods at high prices to those buyers who have not discovered that some sellers have been selling for low prices . |