Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] have been [verb] 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 | I do n't we got about three , three thirty in the morning , both of them went out to er canal somewhere up Dulgate , past Dulgate we set up and we 'd we 'd been fishing for about two and half hours it 's aba about six thirty in the morning this old farmer comes up says er aye , aye lads , he said er I would n't bother it , they drained this area of the canal a few months ago ! |
| 3 | The Terrorist Squad believed it had been intended for the Lord Mayor 's Parade later that day . |
| 4 | The man claimed he had been looking for his girlfriend when challenged by staff members . |
| 5 | ‘ When I heard I had been chosen for the full squad , it was a bit of a shock , but it really was a dream come true . ’ |
| 6 | He presumed they had been written for him to use as references for his next employer , but he tore them up angrily . |
| 7 | He realised they had been watching for some minutes before he noticed them . |
| 8 | Oxford 's bluff worked for some time , but when by late 1713 the Jacobites finally realised they had been taken for a ride , they began to look to Bolingbroke for support . |
| 9 | He felt he had been imprisoned for ever on this mad , rotating world , racing ceaselessly through its dark orbit . |
| 10 | As the door closed , Zen let out a breath he realized he had been holding for a long time . |
| 11 | I just said , goodness , I said we 've been waiting for this parcel since before Christmas and he says oh have you duck . |
| 12 | But then , when you said they 'd been gone for a couple of years … ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He said he had been paid for the picture , but admitted that ‘ in order to entice bidders ’ he had agreed with Sotheby 's that payment would be spread over three instalments . |
| 16 | He said he 'd been followed for the last week or so . |
| 17 | Prince Charles said he 'd been waiting for a year for the chance to speak publiclty about the fate of the Marsh Arabs . |