Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] for the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roger Bootle , chief economist at stockbrokers Greenwell Montagu , said yesterday : ‘ I think the recovery has been waiting to happen for the last couple of months . |
| 2 | The train was beginning to slow for the next station . |
| 3 | If you are aiming to go back for a landing , only stay long enough in that thermal to get properly centred before moving off again down to 1500 feet and starting to look for the next bit of lift . |
| 4 | Should we not be suspicious of postmodern critiques of the ‘ subject ’ when they surface at a historical moment when many subjugated people feel themselves coming to voice for the first time … . |
| 5 | He fought back the word ‘ sorry ’ , which was threatening to erupt for the third time . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been trying to go for the last half-hour , ’ he whispered , ‘ but you wo n't let go of my neck ! ’ |
| 7 | I 've been trying to sleep for the last half-hour , and I ca n't . |