Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] been [v-ing] for a " in BNC.

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1 Ward has been searching for a winger for some time and last night he was hopeful of clinching a signing on loan .
2 Time Warner has been looking for a high-technology partner since 1991 , when it sold smaller stakes in TWE to two Japanese firms , Toshiba and ITOCHU ( then known as C. Itoh ) .
3 The report assumes that decommissioning costs would be spread over 100 years , although the industry has been pushing for a " deferred safe storage strategy " , spreading the costs over 135-150 years .
4 Because of the recession , stockpiles of ‘ new ’ cars had been waiting for a buyer for up to two years .
5 Previously , Mr Ntoni-Nzinga had been studying for a doctorate in theology and anthropology in Manchester , UK .
6 ‘ Rail services in the North-East have been deteriorating for a number of years with reduced frequencies , later first trains and earlier last trains , ’ he said .
7 Touche Ross has been looking for an acquisition to accelerate the growth of its information technology business for some eighteen months .
8 Well they were , the ward committee had been seeking for a , a candidate , but I had no opposition at that time at all .
9 CHC had been saying for a long time , and it seemed to be falling on deaf ears that a date should be set for the closure of Friern and that money should not be spent on the hospital but on services in the community .
10 The embattled Chancellor had been hoping for a public show of loyalty from the Prime Minister .
11 Listen , Bill — the boy 's been training for a few weeks , and it 's time he did some work .
12 It 's not just that Mr Parnham knows the count , it 's an idea the old boy 's been floating for a while , so he tells me .
13 Since then , her parents have been campaigning for a change in the law .
14 As you will know the local residents and visitors have been pressing for a footpath along Gubberford Lane for many years .
15 Water companies in many EC countries have been campaigning for a review of standards , arguing that many are unnecessary and expensive to implement .
16 As clerk to the local Parish Council I should like to point out that Nether Wyresdale Parish Council have been asking for a footpath along this stretch of highway for the last twenty years .
17 I suspected that he was hoping to hear that the senator had been arranging for an illicit love affair on board Wavebreaker .
18 He has already been stripped of all his posts , but hardliners had been pressing for a public trial on criminal charges , though this looks unlikely .
19 Meanwhile government workers have been striking for a share of the oil windfall .
20 Because of its concerns about the consultants ' figures , convention officials have been pressing for an urgent meeting of a joint Scottish Office-COSLA working party on finance since early February but that has not taken place .
21 Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’
22 If Philip had been looking for a pale , sickly , ragged and possibly fettered prisoner , Harry would be a considerable shock to him .
23 Owen had been working for a consulting company in Washington before deciding to devote himself to the contras , sitting at North 's feet ; despite his deep immersion in murky affairs , he still took a wide-eyed view of the world in which he operated .
24 It was widely known , however , that China had been pressing for a Japanese imperial visit for some time as a means of marking a further stage in the country 's rehabilitation from the diplomatic isolation which had followed the Tiananmen Square massacre .
25 In the biggest-ever inquiry of its kind , 30 police officers have been working for a year , taking 1,500 statements from youngsters .
26 The government said that it was clear that Mr Athulathmudali was yet another victim of the Tigers , who for more than a decade have been fighting for a separate Tamil state on the island .
27 For many years AI has been calling for an independent judicial inquiry to investigate the pattern of disputed killings by security forces in Northern Ireland in order to help prevent unlawful killings .
28 But the Shelby County Commission has been pressing for an investigation since the 1991 book The Death of Elvis : What Really Happened , quoted doctors as saying Presley died of a drug overdose .
29 Wait until your baby has been walking for a few weeks before taking her for the first shoe fitting , as toes are crucial in gripping the floor while learning to toddle .
30 The health authority had been looking for a site since 1989 but found difficulty in obtaining suitable premises in terms of locality , accessibility and size of ground floor accommodation .
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