Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] have been [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is the boost we have been waiting for , ’ says sales director Malcolm Prior . |
| 2 | The LIFESPAN user name and password which have been allocated for the work about to be done must now be entered . |
| 3 | Ron Van Rapphorst of San Diego police said : ‘ We have located the vehicle we have been looking for . |
| 4 | Or was he merely seeking to confuse people in the West who have been calling for military intervention ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | When you are ready , the person you have been yearning for will enter the meadow , and approach you . |
| 8 | FOR teenagers , Wayne 's World is just the video they have been waiting for . |
| 9 | Essentially , there are four types of control which have been exercised for some period : first , the " White Paper " controls on pricing , investment and financial targets ; secondly , external financing limits ( EFLs ) imposed by the Treasury ; thirdly , efficiency audits by the Monopolies and Mergers Corn-mission ( MMC ) ; and fourthly , direct controls on management itself . |
| 10 | Some students , particularly those from the Indian subcontinent who have been selected for Commonwealth Scholarships , are capable of performing very well at higher degree level , and then returning to an academic career in their own countries . |
| 11 | Even now , the only substantial reason I have been given for stopping the work , is that BW themselves propose to upgrade the towpath along the whole length . |
| 12 | We have also not mentioned the many different styles of analysis which have been developed for special parameter ranges . |
| 13 | And the team will cry out for joy as well , because we were created for this community , and in a way we have been looking for it all our lives . |
| 14 | During the time I have been working for the playgroup I have come into contact with about 200 children . |
| 15 | Two recent contracts of note which have been completed for Sweden are The Globe Hotel and The Park Hotel . |
| 16 | Area manager Beth Robinson says : ‘ Our business in Finaghy has steadily increased year by year and for some time we have been looking for premises , in a prominent location , which would give us the space we now need . |
| 17 | NOW , Creggan , is the time we have been waiting for . |
| 18 | The length of time they have been waiting for a house or factors such as overcrowding and damp are far more important than marital status , Mrs Smith said . |