Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] has been [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A READER writes that she has been trying for weeks to find the outcome of the Prime Minister 's ‘ Taking Stock ’ exercise . |
| 2 | Although it has been running for 13 years , few sites have so far been cleaned up to the EPA 's satisfaction . |
| 3 | Although he has been looking for the little creep to beat him up for having steered him wrong , he realises that it is better to be with someone , even someone like Ratso , than to be alone . |
| 4 | The trouble with the right hon. Gentleman is that he has been searching for a way to do nothing about this problem . |
| 5 | It is clear that he has been speaking for some time . |
| 6 | I feel that he has been waiting for me to get home so he can demonstrate this talent . |
| 7 | For one thing , the people elected Solidarity to govern and it has been governing for barely seven months . |
| 8 | We knew of its existence from a photograph taken in the 1850s , but it has been missing for 150 years . |
| 9 | No individual can sell or receive commission on investment business , unless he has been working for that same Company for at least five continuous years . |
| 10 | In a conventional world , the Chancellor would simply roll his forecasts forward as he has been doing for the past two years now . |