Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] 've been [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well of course I 've been saying for some time now , for some time , and I want to underline that , and I hope the government are listening that we 've had twenty thousand troops on our streets , we 've twelve thousand armed policemen on our streets , we have the strictest security laws in Western Europe , and none of these things have solved our problem . |
| 2 | ‘ You 're a bloody good photographer and the work you 've been doing for the last five years proves it . |
| 3 | Part-time job that offers the flexibility you 've been looking for . |
| 4 | ‘ The editor we 've been looking for will also have to be able to cope with Alice Cooper dropping into our offices , plus other heavy metal groups who 've been into the heavy metal jewellery shop , the Great Frog which is in Carnaby Street beneath our offices . |
| 5 | " This could be the opportunity you 've been waiting for , " she said slowly , her eyes black shadows in her face . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've a rather special wine I 've been saving for you to sample , Naylor , ’ Guthrie addressed his nephew as they began to tuck into a starter of scampi in flaky pastry . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's the moment we 've been waiting for ! ’ |
| 8 | it 's the moment we 've been waiting for . |
| 9 | The idea that you might be the person we 've been looking for came after I 'd met you . ’ |
| 10 | It 's the chance they 've been waiting for . |
| 11 | As soon as you get the good news you 've been hoping for , accept it . |
| 12 | Paul Groombridge says it 's the good news they 've been waiting for . |
| 13 | A lot of people started handing in pellet guns and antique muzzle-loaders they 've been keeping for years without a licence . |
| 14 | Then nine tenths of the rubbish they 've been printing for the last few weeks will be seen for what it is . |
| 15 | Yeah I know but Marks and Spencers are a crap shop I do n't care if they go out of business they 're a rip off anyway , they 're so expensive , such crap clothes , they 're so common , that 's the word I 've been looking for common , that 's my word of the week I think er common common , does it not get to ya looking like everyone else ? |
| 16 | Rory , have you heard a single word I 've been saying for the past five mintues ? ’ |
| 17 | And he said , ‘ Do you know , all my life I 've been looking for somebody who could do everything for three pounds a week . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It may be the man you 've been waiting for , Master Benjamin , ’ she called across . |
| 19 | ‘ That 's the call you 've been waiting for , Travis , ’ he said awkwardly , aware of the atmosphere . |
| 20 | I would love to see Réaux on stage in one of the great Weill parts — ‘ My ship ’ is good enough to suggest that here , at last , perhaps , is the Liza Elliott we 've been waiting for . |
| 21 | For example own ( I am my own master ) or ( the ) very ( That 's the very thing I 've been looking for ! ) . |
| 22 | I 've been very happy with Oxford the last 6 year I 've been racing for them . |
| 23 | I 'm sending you a document I 've been keeping for a friend . |
| 24 | ‘ In the letter , Tristram said ‘ I 'm sending you a document I 've been keeping for a friend ’ . |
| 25 | Whether you have to make urgent repairs to your car or pay for that holiday you 've been saving for , you can get money out of your account without giving us any notice at all — and you wo n't lost any interest . |
| 26 | It 's tempting , but probably inadvisable , to accept their statements — often pat slogans they 've been repeating for years — at face value . |
| 27 | ‘ As a matter of fact I 've been living for the past two years with a wonderful man . |
| 28 | " I 've been thinking , it might be just the kind of Political party I 've been looking for . |