Example sentences of "we have been [v-ing] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Area manager Beth Robinson says : ‘ Our business in Finaghy has steadily increased year by year and for some time we have been looking for premises , in a prominent location , which would give us the space we now need . |
| 2 | We have been struggling for years with an inadequate meat hygiene inspection system and we need , as soon as possible , to replace it with a centralised system that will guarantee high standards and uniform costs . |
| 3 | We have been trying for years , centuries , to establish this and it is only because of help from outside that we have been able to do it now . |
| 4 | Murray said : ‘ We have been trying for months to sign the right sort of player to replace Joe Allon . |
| 5 | ‘ We have been waiting for grants but there has been some debate about whether croquet is a sport because of the pace it 's played at . ’ |
| 6 | Many of our clients now embrace the concept of Total Quality Management which simply formalises something else that we have been doing for years . |