Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] been [verb] for this " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been waiting for this , ’ says Iain . |
| 2 | I 've been waiting for this moment all week . |
| 3 | I 've been waiting for this for so long that I do n't think I can wait any longer — ’ |
| 4 | I 've been waiting for this chance since the days of the Witch of Endor . |
| 5 | I 've been waiting for this day all week . |
| 6 | I 've been recording for this |
| 7 | I 've been planning for this , too , over the last few days . |
| 8 | You might remember I 've been pressing for this for about eighteen bloody months . |
| 9 | I can say without embarrassment that I have been training for this for a long time , that I have learned to breathe the rarefied air , that I now know when to stand still and when to move forward , when to attack and when to retreat , when to leave a problem to resolve itself and when to go on working at it till the solution emerges . |
| 10 | ‘ I have been waiting for this , you know . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ You 've been asking for this all night ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You have been selected for this commission because of your exceptional technical skills , and your great artistic ability . |
| 14 | We 've been looking for this car as part of a murder investigation . |
| 15 | Now we 've been asking for this for years . |
| 16 | I just said , goodness , I said we 've been waiting for this parcel since before Christmas and he says oh have you duck . |
| 17 | Speaking to The Art Newspaper , Drouot chairman Joel-Marie Millon said : ‘ We have been asking for this measure for years . |
| 18 | ‘ We have been asking for this specialist help at the Memorial hospital for a long time now , but there has been no movement from the health authority over this matter . ’ |
| 19 | All except , I can see , you know when they 've been asking for this money ? |