Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] [adv] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Australian mining companies have been pressing hard for the upgrade for the past 18 months but , ironically , demand for Landsat data in the last few months has dropped by 60 per cent . |
| 2 | Mr Devi Lal , for example , who had been lobbying hard for the home ministry to add to his deputy premiership , had to content himself with the agriculture ministry . |
| 3 | His remarks will disappoint many right-wing Tories who have been pushing hard for the Government to give a firm commitment to privatisation . |
| 4 | His remarks will disappoint many right-wing Tories who have been pushing hard for the Government to give a firm commitment to privatisation . |
| 5 | ‘ We 've been rehearsing steadily for the tour and live we are very confrontational . |
| 6 | Do you think I 've been staying here for the good of my health ? |