Example sentences of "[noun sg] have be [v-ing] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The squadron has been preparing for action for the past 2 weeks . |
| 2 | His best guess was that the reference was to Nerys , that his unconscious mind had been looking for comfort in the prospect that Wayne would at least be with his mother , in which case he decided that there was probably some hope for his mental state after all . |
| 3 | Students at Somerville College have been fighting for months to keep men out or their college . |
| 4 | The Chancellor has been waiting for Father Christmas since the spring , and I do not think that Father Christmas will arrive for him before 25 December . |
| 5 | Sir : The residents of this once tranquil village have been bickering for years about the best way to deal with increasing traffic . |
| 6 | People are realising what particularly the Belfast group has been preaching for years , that early availability of resuscitation is tremendously important . |
| 7 | The American navy has been tinkering for decades with ‘ silent drives ’ to out-fox the sonars on enemy ships . |
| 8 | The Merseyside Police Raft Race has been running for years and during that time has raised vast sums for local charities . |
| 9 | The Young King had been pressing for permission to go on a pilgrimage to Compostella but Henry II , believing that this was just an excuse to get away from his watchful eye , had instead ordered him to help suppress the rebellion in Aquitaine . |
| 10 | He told officers that his friend had been looking for Carol in Bristol on the Friday before she died . |
| 11 | Mr Wolski knew already that the old eagle had been ailing for months now and that three weeks ago they had finally taken her out of her cage and into the veterinary block to see if there was anything they could do for her . |
| 12 | Trade unions , the Industrial Society , and the Occupational Pensions Advisory Service have been campaigning for years to improve employees ' rights over their retirement income . |
| 13 | Our share of world trade has been falling for years under successive governments to the extent that the purchasing power of our currency has roughly halved since 1945 . |
| 14 | ‘ This thing has been smouldering for years and now it 's finally broken through . |
| 15 | Lesley saw it more as a letting-off of repressed energy : ‘ I think this thing has been smouldering for years and now it 's finally broken through . |
| 16 | Long 's health had been deteriorating for years , but he had kept open his channels of communication ; like Law his influence was based on years of devotion to the interests of the party , and like Law 's that influence had been used to argue the case for coalition . |
| 17 | The public has been rebelling for years . |
| 18 | This system has been evolving for centuries , first for bourgeoisies all over the world , then spreading to the working classes in the First World , and slowly but surely penetrating to all those with disposable income everywhere . |
| 19 | Disabled people from all over the country have been competing for honours in a carriage driving contest . |
| 20 | The aim of this legislation , as the Supreme Court noted , is to facilitate economic development , although it is fair to add that lenders both from within and outside the country have been pressing for change for some time . |
| 21 | Gator 's been riding for Vision practically since the birth of the wheel , and thus his models have always been a Vision favourite . |
| 22 | Quite recently , the European Parliament have been calling for oil ships which do not meet E E C standards to be expelled from community waters . |
| 23 | Where Whitehall mandolins would be sat on especially those who were involved in over interpreting general directives from Brussels and this side of the house has been jostling for position I am told , in order to get on the standing committee which is about to start upstairs . |
| 24 | The family had been preparing for months . |