Example sentences of "they had been [v-ing] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By searching for flashes repeating at exactly the same rate as the radio pulses , they were able to investigate much fainter pulsations than if they had been looking for pulses occurring at an unknown rate . |
| 2 | They first told police they had been hunting for foxes . |
| 3 | MIT members were shown , in detail , the market which they had been trying for years to service . |
| 4 | THEY had been nit-picking for weeks . |
| 5 | Having accepted the ground rules , all the Grants appreciated and relished a structure that allowed a degree of communication they had been missing for years . |
| 6 | She did n't know if they had been driving for minutes or days . |