Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [vb base] been [v-ing] 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 | ‘ This is the boost we have been waiting for , ’ says sales director Malcolm Prior . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're a bloody good photographer and the work you 've been doing for the last five years proves it . |
| 4 | Part-time job that offers the flexibility you 've been looking for . |
| 5 | Ron Van Rapphorst of San Diego police said : ‘ We have located the vehicle we have been looking for . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | " This could be the opportunity you 've been waiting for , " she said slowly , her eyes black shadows in her face . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's the moment we 've been waiting for ! ’ |
| 10 | it 's the moment we 've been waiting for . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | When you are ready , the person you have been yearning for will enter the meadow , and approach you . |
| 14 | The idea that you might be the person we 've been looking for came after I 'd met you . ’ |
| 15 | FOR teenagers , Wayne 's World is just the video they have been waiting for . |
| 16 | It 's the chance they 've been waiting for . |
| 17 | As soon as you get the good news you 've been hoping for , accept it . |
| 18 | Paul Groombridge says it 's the good news they 've been waiting for . |
| 19 | Then nine tenths of the rubbish they 've been printing for the last few weeks will be seen for what it is . |
| 20 | 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 ? |
| 21 | Rory , have you heard a single word I 've been saying for the past five mintues ? ’ |
| 22 | And he said , ‘ Do you know , all my life I 've been looking for somebody who could do everything for three pounds a week . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ It may be the man you 've been waiting for , Master Benjamin , ’ she called across . |
| 24 | ‘ That 's the call you 've been waiting for , Travis , ’ he said awkwardly , aware of the atmosphere . |
| 25 | For example own ( I am my own master ) or ( the ) very ( That 's the very thing I 've been looking for ! ) . |
| 26 | I 've been very happy with Oxford the last 6 year I 've been racing for them . |
| 27 | I 'm sending you a document I 've been keeping for a friend . |
| 28 | ‘ In the letter , Tristram said ‘ I 'm sending you a document I 've been keeping for a friend ’ . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |