Example sentences of "i have [be] [v-ing] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since I started consultancy work in politics , I 'd been pushing for the use of this simple invention — a British one — but it was n't until after President Reagan used it in his address to the Houses of Parliament that our politicians felt it was worthy of notice . |
| 2 | I did not tell him that his imitation of the French was far more like what I had been seeing for the past year . |
| 3 | And I had been loading for the Major the last time that I was out shooting , the last time for me like . |
| 4 | Although Eliot considered this idea a good one , especially in view of the articles I had been writing for the New English Weekly ( for example , ‘ Italy must Choose ; and ‘ An Open Letter to Ansaldo ’ , which Mairet had forwarded to the spokesman in question and also to the Vatican ) , he felt that such a book issued in time of war , would need official backing . |
| 5 | That was just what I had been doing for the past four months innocent of impending restrictions . |
| 6 | When I replied that I had been fighting for the extra 200,000 I had managed to achieve , I was remonstrated with for having put the business at risk . |
| 7 | Meanwhile I continued the strategy I had been following for the previous two terms : feigning compliance with the authorities and responding co-operatively to their apparent concern , while continuing to eat minimally and to purge in secret . |
| 8 | I had been working for the Countess as a personal assistant since she married the Earl in 1976 . |
| 9 | I 've been farming for the last 70 years and never seen anything like it . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ As a matter of fact I 've been living for the past two years with a wonderful man . |
| 11 | ‘ Then obviously I 've been looking for the wrong qualities in my secretaries . ’ |
| 12 | I 've been waiting for the battery to run down . |
| 13 | Rory , have you heard a single word I 've been saying for the past five mintues ? ’ |
| 14 | It beats changing nappies , which is what I 've been doing for the last 5 months . |
| 15 | Realistically , I 've been applying for the sort of job that will pay me enough money to keep me going when I retire . |
| 16 | Newley and I have been bidding for the same things for years . ’ |
| 17 | One way to give ourselves new heart is to go where books and readers meet , and this is what I have been doing for the past year , working in secondary schools on research funded by the British Library . |
| 18 | Perhaps my hon. Friend does not know that the Government have just announced that they intend to nationalise the private enterprise operation that I am running , which entails my sending those replies to all Opposition Members — as I have been doing for the past three months — and , this month , to Conservative Members , following an offer made to their Whips some time ago . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ I have been waiting for the last three years for an opportunity like this and I see it as the right time in my career to take it . |
| 20 | During the time I have been working for the playgroup I have come into contact with about 200 children . |