Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] been [verb] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been loading for him , loading the t coal into tubs and tramming them . |
| 2 | Some items I 'd been holding for him . |
| 3 | Look , ’ and she opened her handbag and reached inside , ‘ this was one I 'd been saving for him — ’ Her voice cracked and she began to cry . |
| 4 | Actually , I 'd been waiting for somebody else but I just happened to be on hand and I could n't just stand there and watch her struggle with all those boxes , suitcases , typewriters , bicycles , stereo systems and so on . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I 'd been waiting for her , too ! |
| 6 | I got this job in the machine sh in one of the lock shops and er for a fellow , I worked for him and er after I 'd been working for him they wanted me to work for somebody else but this fellow would n't let me go . |
| 7 | Later in that passage he wrote : ‘ It was n't until thirty years later when I saw her in another woman [ Elizabeth Taylor ] that I realised I had been searching for her all my life . ’ |
| 8 | I went reinforced too by all I had been doing for myself and with the knowledge that I felt better than I had felt for some time and that that growth towards well being appeared to be increasing with each day . |
| 9 | In seven years driving a cab this is the first time I 've been done for anything . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | I 've been looking for him all afternoon , but he must have been tied up with work . |
| 12 | And he said , ‘ Do you know , all my life I 've been looking for somebody who could do everything for three pounds a week . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been looking for you everywhere . |
| 14 | I 've been looking for you everywhere . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been looking for you everywhere , ’ he said breathlessly . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been looking for you , Tommy . ’ |
| 17 | He said , ‘ I 've been looking for you , Charlie . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been looking for you all over the house . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been looking for you everywhere . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've been looking for you for days , now , ’ he said . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've been looking for you , ’ said Rachaela . |
| 22 | I 've been looking for you for years , but I only knew the name that she used to call you — Prince Charming . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've been looking for you for years — Prince Charming . ’ |
| 24 | He came over and sat close beside her on the bed , ‘ I 've been looking for you everywhere , Robyn . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been looking for you two . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've been looking for it for years , but I 'm not in charge of promotion and the people senior to me in my department are some of the most brilliant minds in England , and elsewhere for that matter . ’ |
| 27 | Smith said : ‘ I 've been looking for someone to play wide on the right . |
| 28 | ‘ So I 've been grieving for him . ’ |
| 29 | I 've been waiting for him all my life . |
| 30 | No , I 've been waiting for them to get them cards in I ordered a couple of those cards with the lights at the top for Kieran to take home |