Example sentences of "he [vb -s] be [v-ing] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He has been calling for a … ’ he glanced importantly at his notebook ‘ … |
| 2 | The trouble with the right hon. Gentleman is that he has been searching for a way to do nothing about this problem . |
| 3 | By the exhausted mechanical sound of it he has been sobbing for a long time . |
| 4 | Now with this one the one we 've just done you do n't really know how far to go I mean I might have been going to ask erm how long has he been travelling if he 's been riding for a thousand hours . |
| 5 | ‘ He 's been running for a bookie again , Sarah . |