Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] be [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am , of course , conscious that , as a convert to some important aspects of European integration , I risk being impeached for a lack of consistency ; however , I am always happy to recall the words of Ralph Emerson , who said : ’ A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds , adored by little statemen and philosophers and divines . ’ |
| 2 | I 've been farming for the last 70 years and never seen anything like it . ’ |
| 3 | I 've been pushing for a long time but erm down here ? |
| 4 | I 've been saving for a long time with Alma |
| 5 | ‘ As a matter of fact I 've been living for the past two years with a wonderful man . |
| 6 | I 've been looking for a pair of doctor martins ca n't find any . |
| 7 | That is erm whenever people look for an analysis of something , here I 've been looking for an analysis of individuation , there 's a tendency to consider candidate analyses one by one , singulatum . |
| 8 | ‘ Then obviously I 've been looking for the wrong qualities in my secretaries . ’ |
| 9 | I 've been waiting for the battery to run down . |
| 10 | Rory , have you heard a single word I 've been saying for the past five mintues ? ’ |
| 11 | I 've been working for a company that constructs oil rigs and my job involved a lot of moving around . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been excused for the moment . |
| 15 | ‘ It will be the third time I 've been measured for a blazer — but I missed out on the last two ( matches ) , ’ Lane added . |
| 16 | It beats changing nappies , which is what I 've been doing for the last 5 months . |
| 17 | Realistically , I 've been applying for the sort of job that will pay me enough money to keep me going when I retire . |
| 18 | ‘ I feel I 've been taken for a fool . ’ |
| 19 | I 'm sending you a document I 've been keeping for a friend . |
| 20 | ‘ In the letter , Tristram said ‘ I 'm sending you a document I 've been keeping for a friend ’ . |
| 21 | It 's one of the delightful , I 've been recruiting for a long time and it 's it 's one of those erm delightful things to be able to say to people on the phone when they tell me they 're fifty or fifty four to say that 's not a problem . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've been walking for a week . ’ |
| 23 | I 've been lurking for a couple of months now and I had a couple thoughts : |
| 24 | " Actually I think I 'm rather hungry — I 've been longing for a sandwich . |
| 25 | Look at the times I 've been refused for the forces . |
| 26 | ‘ I have been saving for a while now , ’ Yanto began , ‘ and by tonight I shall have a hundred and fifty . |
| 27 | The woman , who is married and lives in Formby , Sefton , said : ‘ I have been trying for a child for 19 years . |
| 28 | I HAVE been treated for a particular medical condition since childhood . |
| 29 | I HAVE been treated for a particular medical condition since childhood . |
| 30 | Well , I agreed not to speak more than half an hour , but I see that I have been speaking for a little longer than forty-five minutes . |