Example sentences of "[pers pn] has been [v-ing] for the " in BNC.

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1 Although he has been looking for the little creep to beat him up for having steered him wrong , he realises that it is better to be with someone , even someone like Ratso , than to be alone .
2 He has been waiting for the right offer for some time after turning down an approach from Italian club Pisa several seasons ago .
3 He will himself present new data on the cohort of doctors he has been studying for the past 40 years , while his colleagues will review current knowledge on some of the many other topics that he has studied — including the effects on health of oral contraceptives , the parts played by radiation and by asbestos in various cancers , and patterns and trends in mortality .
4 Although he has had his feet under the desk only since January , he has been preparing for the job since last summer by meeting researchers and officials , visiting institutes abroad and drawing up an initial draft of his plans .
5 In a conventional world , the Chancellor would simply roll his forecasts forward as he has been doing for the past two years now .
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