Example sentences of "[vb -s] be [v-ing] [adv prt] for the " in BNC.
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1 | Robert Taylor has been listening out for the sounds of an economic recovery |
2 | Over in Cheltenham , Frank Ford has been watching out for the first signs of winter . |
3 | Dr Peggy Heeks reports on research she has been carrying out for the British Library |
4 | In Guatemala too , the 1980s marked a high point of repression in a political conflict which has been going on for the best part of thirty years . |
5 | The whiplash dynamics of Batman Returns represent the culmination of a process that has been going on for the last 15 years . |
6 | It is common for patients to appear for their first out-patient appointment with one or other of these problems , which has been going on for the previous few weeks . |
7 | OSF 's singular appearance changes the rules the industry has been playing by for the past few years , narrowing the gap between the two camps , and allowing more room for the players to manoeuvre . |
8 | They tell us what 's been happening on the unit that we 're going to be working on , so that we know what 's been going on for the morning . ’ |
9 | ‘ The Division 's been going out for the last fifteen years ; slowly but surely . ’ |