Example sentences of "[vb -s] be [verb] [pers pn] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That bloody bird has been annoying me for days . ’ |
| 2 | He labours scornfully for this Simon Giles , faintly comforted by a corner in Classical studies which has been granted him for reasons to do with the firm 's image . |
| 3 | The real enthusiast has been doing it for years . |
| 4 | Richard Long has been doing it for years in his site-related stone works — three of which , based on materials gathered in the states of New York and New Jersey — can be seen until 13 March at 65 Thompson St. And surely there is a kind of nostalgie de la boue in the drawings he makes using ordinary mud as the medium . |
| 5 | Old body disposer Pugh 's nephew Duncan has been begging me for months to let him play and things have got so desperate I have no choice but to take him on . |
| 6 | John suggests £10 — £15 has been allowed me for costumes . ’ |
| 7 | Well Derek 's been telling her for ages you see , to join the |
| 8 | He 's been doing it for years . |
| 9 | ‘ Probably , but he 's been doing it for years . ’ |
| 10 | He 's been doing it for years . |
| 11 | He 's been doing it for centuries and now he thinks he 's king |
| 12 | ‘ Well at least we 've got this beano thanks to her — Aunt 's been planning it for weeks , ever since she heard that this lady might be coming down here , you 'd think she were dining the Prince des Galles . ’ |