Example sentences of "he [vb past] be [v-ing] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he had to go and train somewhere down south , but he 's got a he , apparently he 'd been trying for a year and he 's got to Accrington . |
| 2 | And he would ask a few questions , say he 'd been looking for a few hours . |
| 3 | Prince Charles said he 'd been waiting for a year for the chance to speak publiclty about the fate of the Marsh Arabs . |
| 4 | Howard had , after a quick tour of the TARDIS , retired to his office with a brandy bottle he had been saving for a special occasion . |
| 5 | He had been looking for a place to live . |
| 6 | The victim was slumped over a freezer where he had been searching for a gas leak . |
| 7 | He seemed eager to talk , as if he had been searching for a listener for some time . |
| 8 | As the door closed , Zen let out a breath he realized he had been holding for a long time . |
| 9 | One particularly nasty German television journalist informed me that he had been waiting for a month and if anyone was getting near Ortega , it was him . |
| 10 | Because he thought that he was dealing with the National Press rather than simply a few local people whom he had been ignoring for a considerable time , the Mayor responded to direct questioning , even if he did not change his colours . |
| 11 | He sighed tiredly , as though he had been working for a full day with stone and timber , and tried to listen to James Menzies , who was well away , drinking whisky with Allan and simmering with the news from the west , where the lists had been torn down from the church doors at Fortingall and Kenmore , and from Blair Atholl : the Duke 's factor had had to meet a crowd of more than a thousand and the Duke had signed a paper swearing not to impose the Act . |
| 12 | ‘ Nutrition , ’ John said , after he had been working for a short time . |
| 13 | He had been gunning for a place in Graham Taylor 's squad for next month 's friendly in Spain but the 24-year-old now faces a month on the sidelines . |
| 14 | I 'm sure that if he had said something he never have betrayed the pain he had been guarding for a long time . |