Example sentences of "[noun prp] had been [v-ing] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , he was so happy with the idea that had come to him from the writer , Peter Shaffer , he began the serious rethink of his career which friends like Lance Percival had been thinking for some time was overdue . |
| 2 | If it was a turning point in terms of ‘ proving ’ the relationship , it also marked the change in image Kylie had been wanting for such a long time . |
| 3 | This was the moment Lynch had been building for all his life . |
| 4 | When she was most irritated by Caro 's holier-than-thou , most nearly offended by how stupid/insensitive Caro must think her , with her ‘ what a world you live in ’ , and was thinking ‘ How young , how predictable , how limited you are , ’ came the twist in the conversation , the unexpected note , that looking back along the line of the conversation , was the note Caro had been heading for all the time . |
| 5 | In his own way , Ted had been building for this moment too . |
| 6 | Manning Jackson had been fretting for several minutes . |
| 7 | And then , after he and Owen had been talking for some while , he crooked his finger and called over the boy who had seen |
| 8 | Dowd had been waiting for this man , Matthias McGann , to say his piece . |
| 9 | Carlson had been wondering for some time what was actually going on . |