Example sentences of "he had [adv] been [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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1 | He had also been talking for ages to Broadman , and Ymor had seen a piece of paper change hands . |
2 | He brought with him his own group of masons , and a letter of introduction from Humphrey Lovell , the queen 's master mason , according to which he had previously been working for Sir Francis Knollys [ q.v. ] , probably at Caversham House , near Reading . |
3 | Perhaps , thought Robert , he had simply been playing for time and had now come up with a credible answer . |
4 | He had reportedly been pressing for the USA to distance itself from the peace negotiations and he was therefore opposed to a Washington venue ; he was also known to support a Middle Eastern venue to emphasize the regional , as opposed to the international , nature of the conflict . |
5 | He had obviously been searching for appropriate words of censure during the silence . |