Example sentences of "[vb base] [been] [v-ing] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then obviously I 've been looking for the wrong qualities in my secretaries . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ As a matter of fact I 've been living for the past two years with a wonderful man . |
| 3 | They 've been living for the last ten years in an environment where they expect there to be a high level of occult activity in society . |
| 4 | Then nine tenths of the rubbish they 've been printing for the last few weeks will be seen for what it is . |
| 5 | They 've been expanding for the last four years . |
| 6 | It was found in a garden where they 've been digging for the past six weeks . |
| 7 | Dictating condolences to the mother of a murdered husband whom you 've been cuckolding for the last three years would take more than his limited social vocabulary . |
| 8 | I 've been farming for the last 70 years and never seen anything like it . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I want to know what you 've been doing for the past four days . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ What you 've been doing for the past four months ! |
| 11 | ‘ You 're a bloody good photographer and the work you 've been doing for the last five years proves it . |
| 12 | A game of tag ( see below ) may well be just the thing ; but if they 've just come in from the playground and that 's what they 've been doing for the last fifteen minutes , it would be a bit of a waste of time . |
| 13 | It beats changing nappies , which is what I 've been doing for the last 5 months . |
| 14 | ‘ What the ‘ ell do you think we 've been doin' for the last hour ? ’ asked Tommy . |
| 15 | Rory , have you heard a single word I 've been saying for the past five mintues ? ’ |
| 16 | If you have been hunting for the perfect diet for a very long time it will be difficult to stop , actually to believe that good weight control can be established without resorting to one special diet that you go on ( and then , and this is the snag , come off again ) . |
| 17 | In addition to controlling the visitors during the parade , they have been collecting for the WRAC Association and the collection boxes must be returned to Corps Headquarters . |
| 18 | As far as Kuwait is concerned we 'd like to see our country free again and this gives us the type of hope we have been wanting for the past six months , and I am sure for the people inside Kuwait — because I was there for about three weeks prior to the after the invasion I was there and I had to escape that country . |
| 19 | In times of exchange rate volatility , such as we have been experiencing for the past few years , most overseas buyers will want to be invoiced in their own currency and avoid any exchange risk . |
| 20 | Mr Clarke effectively slapped down the Cabinet dissenters — John Redwood , Peter Lilley and Michael Portillo — who have been calling for the already-tight £254 billion spending target to be cut . |
| 21 | Mr Clarke effectively slapped down the Cabinet dissenters — John Redwood , Peter Lilley and Michael Portillo — who have been calling for the already-tight £254bn spending target to be cut . |
| 22 | Now , so far er , the acquisitions that have come onto the market have n't really reflected er , the trading conditions in which all companies in this country have been operating for the last eighteen months . |
| 23 | It endorsed British industry 's achievements under the policies that we have been pursuing for the past 12 years , urged us to continue and build upon them in future and condemned utterly the sort of policies still advocated by the Labour party , which is stuck in a mind-set of the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 24 | Young corgi hopefuls have been auditioning for the ultimate corgi role — playing alongside the Queen . |
| 25 | Newley and I have been bidding for the same things for years . ’ |
| 26 | What TC said , most people have been saying for the last couple of seasons . |
| 27 | Nitrate concentrations in rainwater have been increasing for the past seven years . |
| 28 | Gentlemen ushers in knee-length black tunics fuss about , directing last-minute guests to their seats , although most have been waiting for the best part of an hour , making stilted smalltalk to conceal their pride . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , the good news will bring some welcome relief to those homeowners who have been waiting for the best part of 1991 to sell their home . |
| 30 | ‘ Some of the Wimbledon Dharjees , ’ went on Maisie , ‘ have been waiting for the Twenty-fourth Imam . |