Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] have [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | Their goodness has helped to make up the huge amount of goodness which has been accumulating for thousands of years and which we call the Created God . ’ |
| 32 | The vote resolved a constitutional crisis which had been brewing for some months and which had centred around Slovak demands for far-reaching autonomy in most areas of policy . |
| 33 | The large dining room which had been airing for the past week had passed its final inspection although Mrs Lundy had insisted that the maids cleaned the windows and French doors one more time . |
| 34 | The moment she 'd been waiting for . |
| 35 | Now was the moment she had been waiting for . |
| 36 | Philip Larkin had already published two novels — Jill ( 1946 ) and A Girl in Winter ( 1947 ) — before he established himself in 1955 , with The Less Deceived , as the best poet of his generation ; and John Osborne 's first play ever to reach the public theatre , Look Back in Anger ( 1956 ) , was written by an actor untouched by academia who had been writing for several years and a stranger to all of them . |
| 37 | One day in the shop she 'd been waiting for Malcolm 's girlfriend and partner , Vivienne Westwood — they 'd been planning to go somewhere but Vivienne had n't turned up , she 'd phoned to tell this American girl that . |
| 38 | ‘ It 's the moment we 've been waiting for ! ’ |
| 39 | it 's the moment we 've been waiting for . |
| 40 | Many people find that they return to the same company over and over again , or take up a permanent job offer at a place they have been working for a while . |
| 41 | There was restrained optimism among Wickham 's team that this could be the lead they had been waiting for . |
| 42 | Mr Boris Yeltsin , the president of Russia , may have won the battle , but he has not yet won the war he has been fighting for more than half a year with the Congress of People 's Deputies . |
| 43 | This was the moment he had been waiting for since his ordination . |
| 44 | Roddy Lou Thai was not pleased at all to be questioned by two representatives of the repressive Imperialist Government , under whose chauvinistic wing he had been living for four years . |
| 45 | Also , the mic was n't giving off the warm , mucky sound he 'd been going for . |
| 46 | Well obviously the sad reality of the thing does n't come home to , to our countrymen and a man comes up last week and tells me that he 's been paid off by the Daily Record he 's been working for them for thirty five years and he asked what how much pension will he have and says that he 's getting four years pension . |
| 47 | As far as Kuwait is concerned we 'd like to see our country free again and this gives us the type of hope we have been wanting for the past six months , and I am sure for the people inside Kuwait — because I was there for about three weeks prior to the after the invasion I was there and I had to escape that country . |
| 48 | The man gave a grunt , which was the permission we had been waiting for , and I ran all the way back to my flat to change and conduct the concert . |
| 49 | Authorities in Serbia again blocked a UN relief convoy which has been trying for days to reach the besieged Muslim enclave of Srebrenica . |
| 50 | A further example is when an organisation which has been trading for many decades finds itself increasingly out of touch with the market and the organisation 's internal culture and style is no longer appropriate to the markets it is trying to address . |
| 51 | The man , who said his name was Dave , told detectives about a friend who 'd been looking for Carol shortly before she died . |
| 52 | When you are ready , the person you have been yearning for will enter the meadow , and approach you . |
| 53 | ( a ) Children in need Section 20(1) requires every local authority : to provide accommodation for any child in need within their area who appears to them to require accommodation as a result of : ( a ) there being no person who has parental responsibility for him ; ( b ) his being lost or having been abandoned ; or ( c ) the person who has been caring for him being prevented ( whether or not permanently , and for whatever reason ) from providing him with suitable accommodation or care . |
| 54 | The idea that you might be the person we 've been looking for came after I 'd met you . ’ |
| 55 | FOR teenagers , Wayne 's World is just the video they have been waiting for . |
| 56 | For her parents Fran and Les , it was the day they had been waiting for . |
| 57 | It 's the chance they 've been waiting for . |
| 58 | Look out for our EXCLUSIVE PLAYABLE DEMO of the game everyone 's been waiting for , next month … |
| 59 | Meanwhile I continued the strategy I had been following for the previous two terms : feigning compliance with the authorities and responding co-operatively to their apparent concern , while continuing to eat minimally and to purge in secret . |
| 60 | The waitress who had been covering for Doyle behind the bar eyed the baseball bat questioningly when he returned . |