Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] have been [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was singing on stage when we arrived and by the time I had reached my seat I said to the man who was with me , this is the Salome I have been looking for . |
| 2 | ‘ This is the boost we have been waiting for , ’ says sales director Malcolm Prior . |
| 3 | The main argument or basic responses you have been searching for are short statements which represent a stance or attitude to the question . |
| 4 | Ron Van Rapphorst of San Diego police said : ‘ We have located the vehicle we have been looking for . |
| 5 | For more than thirty years I have been fighting for them . |
| 6 | ‘ For many years we have been waiting for a mighty star to appear in the heavens and now it has . |
| 7 | Many people find that they return to the same company over and over again , or take up a permanent job offer at a place they have been working for a while . |
| 8 | As far as Kuwait is concerned we 'd like to see our country free again and this gives us the type of hope we have been wanting for the past six months , and I am sure for the people inside Kuwait — because I was there for about three weeks prior to the after the invasion I was there and I had to escape that country . |
| 9 | When you are ready , the person you have been yearning for will enter the meadow , and approach you . |
| 10 | FOR teenagers , Wayne 's World is just the video they have been waiting for . |
| 11 | And the team will cry out for joy as well , because we were created for this community , and in a way we have been looking for it all our lives . |
| 12 | During the time I have been working for the playgroup I have come into contact with about 200 children . |
| 13 | Area manager Beth Robinson says : ‘ Our business in Finaghy has steadily increased year by year and for some time we have been looking for premises , in a prominent location , which would give us the space we now need . |
| 14 | NOW , Creggan , is the time we have been waiting for . |
| 15 | The length of time they have been waiting for a house or factors such as overcrowding and damp are far more important than marital status , Mrs Smith said . |