Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] 've been [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well of course I 've been saying for some time now , for some time , and I want to underline that , and I hope the government are listening that we 've had twenty thousand troops on our streets , we 've twelve thousand armed policemen on our streets , we have the strictest security laws in Western Europe , and none of these things have solved our problem . |
| 2 | ‘ You 're a bloody good photographer and the work you 've been doing for the last five years proves it . |
| 3 | Part-time job that offers the flexibility you 've been looking for . |
| 4 | ‘ The editor we 've been looking for will also have to be able to cope with Alice Cooper dropping into our offices , plus other heavy metal groups who 've been into the heavy metal jewellery shop , the Great Frog which is in Carnaby Street beneath our offices . |
| 5 | " This could be the opportunity you 've been waiting for , " she said slowly , her eyes black shadows in her face . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've a rather special wine I 've been saving for you to sample , Naylor , ’ Guthrie addressed his nephew as they began to tuck into a starter of scampi in flaky pastry . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's the moment we 've been waiting for ! ’ |
| 8 | it 's the moment we 've been waiting for . |
| 9 | The idea that you might be the person we 've been looking for came after I 'd met you . ’ |
| 10 | It 's the chance they 've been waiting for . |
| 11 | As soon as you get the good news you 've been hoping for , accept it . |
| 12 | Paul Groombridge says it 's the good news they 've been waiting for . |
| 13 | Then nine tenths of the rubbish they 've been printing for the last few weeks will be seen for what it is . |
| 14 | Yeah I know but Marks and Spencers are a crap shop I do n't care if they go out of business they 're a rip off anyway , they 're so expensive , such crap clothes , they 're so common , that 's the word I 've been looking for common , that 's my word of the week I think er common common , does it not get to ya looking like everyone else ? |
| 15 | Rory , have you heard a single word I 've been saying for the past five mintues ? ’ |
| 16 | And he said , ‘ Do you know , all my life I 've been looking for somebody who could do everything for three pounds a week . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ This is the life I 've been trained for and I want to carry on for as long as possible . |
| 18 | ‘ It may be the man you 've been waiting for , Master Benjamin , ’ she called across . |
| 19 | ‘ That 's the call you 've been waiting for , Travis , ’ he said awkwardly , aware of the atmosphere . |
| 20 | For example own ( I am my own master ) or ( the ) very ( That 's the very thing I 've been looking for ! ) . |
| 21 | That 's correct , and that the further down , I mean it says that er there is a er it says that the reason you 've had been the reason you 've been sent for this treatment is because of er a particular condition you 've got . |
| 22 | I 've been very happy with Oxford the last 6 year I 've been racing for them . |
| 23 | I 'm sending you a document I 've been keeping for a friend . |
| 24 | ‘ In the letter , Tristram said ‘ I 'm sending you a document I 've been keeping for a friend ’ . |
| 25 | Arms salesman ; okay the Avenger the Equaliser the Total Fucking Nutter went for the legs too but still , and the editor spiked , and the rapist-lenient judge raped and the pornographer poisoned and stroked and the man who was so callous about the bloodshed in the Iran/Iraq war forced to watch his penned animals die like cattle like soldiers like cattle and then bled to death in his own private fountains of blood and the businessman who put profits before safety and not only helped kill a thousand people but then tried to get out of paying the survivors and dependants any compensation gets his own gas explosion — blevey is the technical term apparently — and fuck me whoever he is ( assuming he is a he ) , he 's got a sense of humour or at least irony why he 's produced what 's almost a snuff video effectively a snuff video if you mean brain-death anyway it 's the closest anyone will admit to ever having seen or found one even the Obscene Pubs Squad who 've been looking for years but although everybody assumes they exist nobody 's ever seen one until old gorilla man comes along and just makes his own , specifically to warn off any other porn merchants thinking of dealing in snuff ! |
| 26 | Whether you have to make urgent repairs to your car or pay for that holiday you 've been saving for , you can get money out of your account without giving us any notice at all — and you wo n't lost any interest . |
| 27 | In seven years driving a cab this is the first time I 've been done for anything . |
| 28 | ‘ It will be the third time I 've been measured for a blazer — but I missed out on the last two ( matches ) , ’ Lane added . |
| 29 | ‘ As a matter of fact I 've been living for the past two years with a wonderful man . |
| 30 | " I 've been thinking , it might be just the kind of Political party I 've been looking for . |