Example sentences of "[noun sg] we 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 | Ron Van Rapphorst of San Diego police said : ‘ We have located the vehicle we have been looking for . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's the moment we 've been waiting for ! ’ |
| 5 | it 's the moment we 've been waiting for . |
| 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 | One afternoon we had been taken for a walk up to the top of the mountain behind the camp , which had been good exercise ; from the top I had been able to see the sea . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The idea that you might be the person we 've been looking for came after I 'd met you . ’ |
| 10 | He asked members to support the motion so that the Attorney General as a member of the Government and as leader of this profession could convey to the Government our sense of disgust at the way we had been treated for so long ( sustained applause ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Almost without exception we 'd been knocked for six . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | NOW , Creggan , is the time we have been waiting for . |