Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [to-vb] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 So , what we 're going to do for the next four months is look at the anatomy of a PC .
2 Roger Bootle , chief economist at stockbrokers Greenwell Montagu , said yesterday : ‘ I think the recovery has been waiting to happen for the last couple of months .
3 I 'm just waiting for my international clearance now , which should only take a few days , and then I 'll be aiming to challenge for a first team place . ’
4 I 've been trying to sleep for the last half-hour , and I ca n't .
5 ‘ I 've been trying to go for the last half-hour , ’ he whispered , ‘ but you wo n't let go of my neck ! ’
6 The train was beginning to slow for the next station .
7 He fought back the word ‘ sorry ’ , which was threatening to erupt for the third time .
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