Example sentences of "have [be] [v-ing] [prep] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's what they 'd been fighting for for twenty years . |
| 2 | we approximately the subject we had been looking at for some time so I approximately , nineteen eighty eight , nineteen eighty nine |
| 3 | Far from being a new threat , evolutionism was something that the conservative forces had been battling with for several decades . |
| 4 | ‘ When it works , it 'll be nothing to be ashamed of It 's what I 've been working towards for most of my professional life , ’ the doctor said defensively . |
| 5 | If he 's been travelling for for zero hours , how far has he gone ? |