Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] [v-ing] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been thinking for a long time that I 'd welcome the chance to talk with a psychiatrist , although not about captivity — I felt I 'd worked my way through that enough — but about my past and how I came to be the person I was when I was taken hostage . |
| 2 | If we 'd been looking for an easy acquaintance with nature , we would have chosen a different landscape : something lusher and more intricate , not this bleak and famished hillside on the Atlantic 's edge . |
| 3 | Subconsciously , she realised , she 'd been hoping for a ready answer , an explanation which would clear her niggling doubts … |
| 4 | The fog lifted and the house became filled with a babble of excitable people , few of whom spoke English and who all arrived at once because they 'd been waiting for a clear passage . |
| 5 | So , you did so many miles per hour , we calculated , you would have done so many miles if you 'd been going for a full hour at that speed , so your dis your , your speed , velocity really but we 'll call it speed , right ? |
| 6 | Obviously a tall , long-legged person will need a big horse ; I recently sold a 17.3hh gelding to a man of six foot eight who had been looking for a long time ! |
| 7 | I had been looking for a full-length piece to do anyway and I was also attracted to the idea of working with a ballet company . ’ |
| 8 | If Philip had been looking for a pale , sickly , ragged and possibly fettered prisoner , Harry would be a considerable shock to him . |
| 9 | When I was eighteen I came in contact with the Catholic Crusade which was a rather left wing Christian Socialist Organization and I found that their attitude to problems contained the answers for which I had been searching for a good many years tell me when you want me to raise something . |
| 10 | Sophie 's voice dipped in disappointment , as if she had been hoping for a graphic account of overturned furniture and blood on the walls . |
| 11 | I know Martinho had been hoping for a religious programme . |
| 12 | Fifty miles south-west of the railway line bomb , 13 Platoon of 6 UDR reported in for duty at 0600 ; they had been hoping for a quiet day , in order to catch up on some training . |
| 13 | The embattled Chancellor had been hoping for a public show of loyalty from the Prime Minister . |
| 14 | The alliance is a blow to the ruling Parti Socialiste of President François Mitterrand , which had been hoping for an electoral alliance with the Green parties . |
| 15 | As the door closed , Zen let out a breath he realized he had been holding for a long time . |
| 16 | Howard had , after a quick tour of the TARDIS , retired to his office with a brandy bottle he had been saving for a special occasion . |
| 17 | One fishing vessel that we had been watching for a long period had more than one narrow escape from detection by British controls , but was finally turned back by Dutch customs patrols shortly after leaving a Continental port with a cargo of immigrants on board bound for the UK . |
| 18 | I suspected that he was hoping to hear that the senator had been arranging for an illicit love affair on board Wavebreaker . |
| 19 | It was in that frame of mind that I moved into the Olympic year indoor season , saying , as I had been doing for a long time , ‘ In ‘ 88 , I 'll graduate ! ’ |
| 20 | Because he thought that he was dealing with the National Press rather than simply a few local people whom he had been ignoring for a considerable time , the Mayor responded to direct questioning , even if he did not change his colours . |
| 21 | CHC had been saying for a long time , and it seemed to be falling on deaf ears that a date should be set for the closure of Friern and that money should not be spent on the hospital but on services in the community . |
| 22 | It was widely known , however , that China had been pressing for a Japanese imperial visit for some time as a means of marking a further stage in the country 's rehabilitation from the diplomatic isolation which had followed the Tiananmen Square massacre . |
| 23 | He has already been stripped of all his posts , but hardliners had been pressing for a public trial on criminal charges , though this looks unlikely . |
| 24 | ‘ Nutrition , ’ John said , after he had been working for a short time . |
| 25 | He sighed tiredly , as though he had been working for a full day with stone and timber , and tried to listen to James Menzies , who was well away , drinking whisky with Allan and simmering with the news from the west , where the lists had been torn down from the church doors at Fortingall and Kenmore , and from Blair Atholl : the Duke 's factor had had to meet a crowd of more than a thousand and the Duke had signed a paper swearing not to impose the Act . |
| 26 | Owen had been working for a consulting company in Washington before deciding to devote himself to the contras , sitting at North 's feet ; despite his deep immersion in murky affairs , he still took a wide-eyed view of the world in which he operated . |
| 27 | I 'm sure that if he had said something he never have betrayed the pain he had been guarding for a long time . |
| 28 | Fortunately , our embarrassment was eased by the presence among us of Rocky Marciano , who had been moonlighting for a rival tabloid . |
| 29 | Many of these children had been attending for a long time , so they already knew many things , specially the important things like how to stand in line and what to do when your pen-nib broke . |