Example sentences of "have [been] [v-ing] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People magazine has been looking for possible substitutes , and among the personalities they suggest is Prince Charles . |
| 2 | Zimbabwe supports controlled culling of its large elephant population and has been looking for legal ways to cover the costs . |
| 3 | Since the 1970s Scandinavia , and in particular Sweden and Norway , has been campaigning for other countries to drastically cut sulphur and nitrogen oxide emissions . |
| 4 | Some disagree with this line of thinking — notably Ichiro Ozawa , the secretary-general of Japan 's ruling party , who has been arguing for Japanese soldiers to be sent to the Gulf in a non-combat role — but they have not had much luck making their case . |
| 5 | However , this is a direction in which we would already have been moving for other reasons , and the installation of a digital telephone exchange for the provision of extra lines to our new accommodation will greatly facilitate the process . |
| 6 | Bristol had previously been heavily involved in the Iceland trade , but had been coming under pressure from increasing Hanse power there , and its merchants may well have been looking for alternative supplies of fish — it is worth stressing that the ships sent out in 1481 in search of the ‘ Isle of Brasil ’ were carrying a large quantity of salt ( 45 , pp.188–9 ; 94 , pp.177–82 ) . |
| 7 | Alexei had been listening for other footsteps coming along the bridge . |
| 8 | By the end of the " thirties , Aunt Tossie wondered for how many years she had been paying for interesting yearlings , and with very uninteresting results . |
| 9 | In point of fact the JCS had been pressing for consistent applications of containment ever since 1947 , had identified US security interests with Nationalist success in China and had declared that , if the Chinese Nationalists were to fall , the US must be prepared to accept eventual Soviet hegemony over Asia . |
| 10 | After all , the National Association of Labour Teachers had been pressing for Common Schools since 1930 . |
| 11 | A judge told William Sim and David Todd that they had been playing for high stakes and had to pay the penalty . |
| 12 | ‘ But I am a bit disappointed that while we 've been appealing for new directors nobody from the town has come forward . ’ |
| 13 | Well obviously there is change and one of the things that we 've been doing for International Women 's celebrations during March , because we 're having a whole month of activities , is |
| 14 | And they would then sell these goods at high prices to those buyers who have not discovered that some sellers have been selling for low prices . |
| 15 | Social Services departments have been caring for young offenders since 1972 . |
| 16 | The school 's been lobbying for new buildings for several years . |