Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] be [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been farming for the last 70 years and never seen anything like it . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ As a matter of fact I 've been living for the past two years with a wonderful man . |
| 3 | ‘ Then obviously I 've been looking for the wrong qualities in my secretaries . ’ |
| 4 | I 've been waiting for the battery to run down . |
| 5 | Rory , have you heard a single word I 've been saying for the past five mintues ? ’ |
| 6 | and they can put that on the recorder but I 've been told for the last two and a half years by this government that I am not unemployed . |
| 7 | Siegfried , I do n't know what you 'll think , but I 've been recommended for the MC — and I 've recommended every single NCO who was with me . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been excused for the moment . |
| 9 | It beats changing nappies , which is what I 've been doing for the last 5 months . |
| 10 | Realistically , I 've been applying for the sort of job that will pay me enough money to keep me going when I retire . |
| 11 | Look at the times I 've been refused for the forces . |
| 12 | Newley and I have been bidding for the same things for years . ’ |
| 13 | One way to give ourselves new heart is to go where books and readers meet , and this is what I have been doing for the past year , working in secondary schools on research funded by the British Library . |
| 14 | Perhaps my hon. Friend does not know that the Government have just announced that they intend to nationalise the private enterprise operation that I am running , which entails my sending those replies to all Opposition Members — as I have been doing for the past three months — and , this month , to Conservative Members , following an offer made to their Whips some time ago . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ I have been waiting for the last three years for an opportunity like this and I see it as the right time in my career to take it . |
| 16 | During the time I have been working for the playgroup I have come into contact with about 200 children . |
| 17 | The results of applying the market model to these data are shown in Fig. 6.7 , where the ex-post returns have been plotted against betas which have been adjusted for the changes in the cash holdings of the unit trusts : Ward and Saunders argue that these managerial decisions are particularly important in determining unit trust performance . |
| 18 | Of course , the letters ( which have been created for the British Institute of Management ) have been generalized , but you can tweak and customize them to suit your needs . |
| 19 | They are already down in Cardiff but ASLEF apparently is objecting to the very small cabs which have been created for the driver at one end . |
| 20 | The profession had already been reviewing the role of the pension scheme actuary and this groundwork will be useful in responding to the calls which have been made for the professionals involved in pension funds , including actuaries , to play a stronger role . |
| 21 | Costs from more routine accidents build up , and it is these sorts of accidents which have been costed for the HSE study . |
| 22 | This is the reason why many ethologists are hesitant to apply the insights of the theory of natural selection , which have been gained for the social behaviour of animals with only rudimentary cultures , to the behaviour of our own species . |
| 23 | Wade 's purpose is not primarily theoretical , although he reviews those explanations which have been offered for the various classes of illusion . |
| 24 | It is in fact the Bank of Japan 's tight monetary policies which have been blamed for the downturn . |
| 25 | The LIFESPAN user name and password which have been allocated for the work about to be done must now be entered . |
| 26 | Regarding the lower levels , it now seems that the first-century building was an elaborate Roman house richly decorated with stuccoes and fresco , the remains of which have been published for the first time . |
| 27 | Dictating condolences to the mother of a murdered husband whom you 've been cuckolding for the last three years would take more than his limited social vocabulary . |
| 28 | ‘ You 're a bloody good photographer and the work you 've been doing for the last five years proves it . |
| 29 | ‘ I want to know what you 've been doing for the past four days . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ What you 've been doing for the past four months ! |