Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] be [v-ing] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Finnish government had hitherto been pressing for a change in the plans , to incorporate a special section allowing passage for rigs over 65 metres high . |
| 2 | For years before that , however , football enthusiasts in Glasgow had long been agitating for an international match against the deaf footballers of England , without success . |
| 3 | Gabriel said nothing ; she had not been looking for a life-story . |
| 4 | Those army commanders who had still been hoping for a coup realized that all such hope was now lost . |
| 5 | Jake fingered the paperweight idly as he continued , ‘ It had probably been developing for a few days . |
| 6 | Opposition parties had also been pressing for an early poll , especially in view of the poor performance by ANAP in local elections since 1989 [ see p. 36528 ] . |
| 7 | The Crick Committee , which had been appointed in 1961 and reported on A Higher Award in Business Studies in 1964 , had originally been looking for an equivalent of the DipTech , but had waited for the Robbins Report before issuing its recommendations . |
| 8 | The repatriation of Yugoslavs had now been proceeding for a week . |
| 9 | So he went up and had a scan and they s they checked it and of course when they checked the scan they noticed that his kid one of his kidneys had n't been functioning for a long time . |