Example sentences of "[noun pl] have be [v-ing] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then , her parents have been campaigning for a change in the law . |
| 2 | As you will know the local residents and visitors have been pressing for a footpath along Gubberford Lane for many years . |
| 3 | Water companies in many EC countries have been campaigning for a review of standards , arguing that many are unnecessary and expensive to implement . |
| 4 | Meanwhile government workers have been striking for a share of the oil windfall . |
| 5 | In the biggest-ever inquiry of its kind , 30 police officers have been working for a year , taking 1,500 statements from youngsters . |
| 6 | ALL summer , sun-worshippers have been itching for a break in the rainfall . |
| 7 | Consequently , they 're always coming in a bit behind the boys because the boys have been playing for a bit longer , and I think it 's very important that if girls are being offered the opportunity that the opportunity is good for them , and that it 's not going to put them off the game of football because they 're always in the position where the boys consider themselves a bit better . |
| 8 | Let us assume that agents have been flirting for a while with the use of the adaptive expectations mechanism but that , in the light of the persistent , systematic errors which this mechanism entails , they quickly abandon it . |
| 9 | Young musicians have been auditioning for a music academy which plans to become a new centre of excellence for the arts . |
| 10 | Citizens ' Action and other environmental groups have been pressing for a broadening of the reporting requirements , so as to give a more accurate of pollution levels . |
| 11 | The engineering unions have been pressing for a 35-hour working week , but the deal at NEI — a subsidiary of Rolls-Royce — would satisfy their claim for a two-hour reduction in the working week . |