Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] had [been] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | The man claimed he had been looking for his girlfriend when challenged by staff members . |
| 3 | He realised they had been watching for some minutes before he noticed them . |
| 4 | As the door closed , Zen let out a breath he realized he had been holding for a long time . |
| 5 | Buckby , who is also secretary of the Langbaurgh Schools Cross Country Association , said he had been trying for nearly ten years to have the rule changed . |
| 6 | Douglas Gray of Middleton in Teesdale said he had been complaining for over two years about undelivered letters and hit out at the ‘ uncaring attitude ’ of the Post Office in Darlington . |