Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] be [v-ing] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The squadron has been preparing for action for the past 2 weeks . |
| 2 | A case involving a company called Coloroll has been waiting for resolution by the European Court . |
| 3 | His best guess was that the reference was to Nerys , that his unconscious mind had been looking for comfort in the prospect that Wayne would at least be with his mother , in which case he decided that there was probably some hope for his mental state after all . |
| 4 | Treasury Secretaries have been fighting for reinstatement ever since . |
| 5 | The Chancellor has been waiting for Father Christmas since the spring , and I do not think that Father Christmas will arrive for him before 25 December . |
| 6 | Now of course , in a , in a complete psychoanalysis , if Woodrow Wilson had been going for analysis , then all kinds of other aspects of his life and personality would have opened up . |
| 7 | It is because those Governments have been arguing for coal utilisation while our Government have sat on their hands wanting to take a swipe at miners and their communities . |
| 8 | Thus ( 15a ) presupposes that the person referred to by I has been waiting for news about someone whom he thought to be in danger , whereas ( 15b ) does not , and might be said rather by someone who is comparing himself with other people who do not know this fact . |
| 9 | The Young King had been pressing for permission to go on a pilgrimage to Compostella but Henry II , believing that this was just an excuse to get away from his watchful eye , had instead ordered him to help suppress the rebellion in Aquitaine . |
| 10 | He is very pleased with the ‘ good meaty topics ’ departments have been suggesting for scrutiny this year . |
| 11 | Since the final stretch through Oxfordshire opened nearly three years ago motoring organisations and the police have been campaigning for service areas to be built so that drivers can take a break . |
| 12 | Lukic looked a lot better by the end of the night , plucking out a few high balls as happily as Seaman had been doing for Arse all night . |
| 13 | Irene Macaulay has been searching for peace for a long time . |
| 14 | The Moslems , supporters of the Democratic Action Party ( based in Bosnia-Hercegovina ) , were protesting at what they claimed to be repression of the rights of Moslems in the Sanjak and Serbian efforts to drive them out ( Sanjak Moslem militants had been agitating for autonomy and closer links with Bosnia-Hercegovina , where Moslems were the largest national group ) . |
| 15 | Local residents have been pressing for action to curb the speed and behaviour of some drivers . |
| 16 | The aim of this legislation , as the Supreme Court noted , is to facilitate economic development , although it is fair to add that lenders both from within and outside the country have been pressing for change for some time . |
| 17 | Gator 's been riding for Vision practically since the birth of the wheel , and thus his models have always been a Vision favourite . |
| 18 | Community nurses have been waiting for news about how they are to be organised for some time , and uncertainty about the future is always bad for morale . |
| 19 | Women have been campaigning for equality for a long time . |
| 20 | A large number of the part-timers have been reporting for duty for the entire twenty years of the Ulster Defence Regiment 's existence . |
| 21 | Quite recently , the European Parliament have been calling for oil ships which do not meet E E C standards to be expelled from community waters . |
| 22 | Where Whitehall mandolins would be sat on especially those who were involved in over interpreting general directives from Brussels and this side of the house has been jostling for position I am told , in order to get on the standing committee which is about to start upstairs . |