Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] have [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will store the incident with the others ; this one feels like the straw my back had been waiting for . |
| 2 | 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 ? ’ |
| 3 | Since then , her parents have been campaigning for a change in the law . |
| 4 | That is why the peace process , for which Israel has been striving for 44 years , has to be seen as the only viable solution . |
| 5 | It 's a kind of health farm and you go there to sample a simple lifestyle which Mongolians have been enduring for about 3,000 years and you are going to put up with for twenty-four hours . |
| 6 | Mrs Singh was upset ; she felt rejected by the school her children had been attending for five years . |
| 7 | The visioncare business , which Pilkington has been nurturing for three years and where it now ranks in the world 's top three , increased its operating profits by £4.4 million to £18.8 million . |
| 8 | The visioncare business , which Pilkington has been nurturing for three years and where it now ranks in the world 's top three , increased its operating profits by £4.4 million to £18.8 million . |
| 9 | Miss Gregg told detectives her mother had been waiting for the handyman to call at the time of her death . |
| 10 | At the end of this campaign it looked at last as if the time of peace had come , when the Council for which Anselm had been pressing for the past four years could be held with royal support . |
| 11 | Duncan , whose health had been failing for several years , died in West Park , Elgin , 23 May 1863 . |
| 12 | His next move was to Madrid , an upheaval that he and his girlfriend had been planning for some time , and there his photographic education continued apace , despite one or two minor problems . |
| 13 | Due to the fact that his marriage had been heading for the rocks ? |
| 14 | He told officers that his friend had been looking for Carol in Bristol on the Friday before she died . |
| 15 | His lordship 's been calling for you . ’ |
| 16 | Was this what Edward had been waiting for ? |
| 17 | Maybe this is what England have been looking for , a team that looks symmetrical on the scorecard , at least . |
| 18 | The treaty conceded most of what Bruce had been fighting for . |
| 19 | Community care is what SSDs have been doing for decades . |
| 20 | The old detractors may remain unconvinced , but taking ‘ Outernational ’ on its own merits — and leaving the past where it 's best left — this has to be the culmination of what Mackenzie has been striving for through those half-pitched albums of the late '80s . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's what men have been doing for centuries . ’ |
| 22 | That kind of riding is what horses have been doing for centuries . |
| 23 | Family planning experts claim it 's what women have been waiting for . |
| 24 | This is what goats have been asking for in the their prayers . |
| 25 | Your mistress has been ringing for you this past fifteen minutes ! ’ |
| 26 | Our fellow-traveller had been mumbling for some time that he would ‘ hae tae get oot ! ’ . |
| 27 | Your wife 's been asking for you — ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |