Example sentences of "be [verb] for [pron] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've been looking for you for ages , ’ he said . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been looking for you for days , now , ’ he said . |
| 3 | I 've been looking for you for years , but I only knew the name that she used to call you — Prince Charming . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been looking for you for years — Prince Charming . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been looking for it for years , but I 'm not in charge of promotion and the people senior to me in my department are some of the most brilliant minds in England , and elsewhere for that matter . ’ |
| 6 | We 've all been waiting for you for hours . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Hullo , Pranger , I 've been waiting for you for years . ’ |
| 8 | They 'll let me in. — I 've been doing for her for years . ’ |
| 9 | Retirement is one of the few moments which a politician can choose with deliberation and Baldwin had been preparing for it for months , if not for years . |
| 10 | He 's been working for it for years . |