Example sentences of "[pron] have been [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have been saving for a while now , ’ Yanto began , ‘ and by tonight I shall have a hundred and fifty . |
| 2 | The woman , who is married and lives in Formby , Sefton , said : ‘ I have been trying for a child for 19 years . |
| 3 | I HAVE been treated for a particular medical condition since childhood . |
| 4 | I HAVE been treated for a particular medical condition since childhood . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I have been looking for a recording ( with some difficulty ) , since not many shops are prepared to let me listen to different interpretations ) , indeed I purchased the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden/Marc Ermler offering only to be disappointed , all because I wanted CD sound quality to replace a home-made cassette of a live Radio 3 broadcast ( should I be telling you this ? ) |
| 7 | Newley and I have been bidding for the same things for years . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I have been waiting for a lift for four hours . |
| 11 | ‘ I have been waiting for a long time to get my hands on this one ’ , a review of Nicolson by Kingsley Amis began . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ I have been working for a moment like this for nine years and finally it has arrived . |
| 14 | I have been working for a moment like this for nine years and finally it has arrived . |
| 15 | During the time I have been working for the playgroup I have come into contact with about 200 children . |
| 16 | ‘ I have been dying for a toke all day . |
| 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 | Because these are so individually made , they 're rather like instruments which have been devised for a specific individual , and so to criticise them for details of design is hardly fair . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Costs from more routine accidents build up , and it is these sorts of accidents which have been costed for the HSE study . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Wade 's purpose is not primarily theoretical , although he reviews those explanations which have been offered for the various classes of illusion . |
| 25 | It is in fact the Bank of Japan 's tight monetary policies which have been blamed for the downturn . |
| 26 | The LIFESPAN user name and password which have been allocated for the work about to be done must now be entered . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Mr Clarke effectively slapped down the Cabinet dissenters — John Redwood , Peter Lilley and Michael Portillo — who have been calling for the already-tight £254 billion spending target to be cut . |
| 29 | Mr Clarke effectively slapped down the Cabinet dissenters — John Redwood , Peter Lilley and Michael Portillo — who have been calling for the already-tight £254bn spending target to be cut . |
| 30 | The duke presented certificates to the first 16 volunteers who have been trained for the scheme . |