Example sentences of "what [pron] have [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | Because they 've come out with a report saying what we 've been saying for the |
| 32 | Alright , fair enough , you accepted what we 've been saying for ages that we had to go to voluntary competitive tendering right . |
| 33 | It worked on mice and if it works on humans it will be just what we 've been waiting for . |
| 34 | ‘ It 's what we 've been working for all season , ’ said the delighted Whitham , who now has his sights set on the international scene for 1994 , either in Superbikes or the 500cc Grand Prix series . |
| 35 | If only one stopped to look at the shape of the garment and the stitch used , it might well be just what we have been looking for ! |
| 36 | ‘ By God , ’ he commented , ‘ that is what we have been looking for . ’ |
| 37 | ‘ The seven per cent bank base rate is very good news for the housing market and it is what we have been calling for . |
| 38 | ‘ The only way this is going to end is by political resolution and that is what we have been campaigning for . |
| 39 | Is this what we have been waiting for all these years , the answer that has so far eluded us ? |
| 40 | I do n't know then what we have been doing for the last four weeks , when we first asked . ’ |
| 41 | That 's what they 'd been fighting for for twenty years . |
| 42 | A game of tag ( see below ) may well be just the thing ; but if they 've just come in from the playground and that 's what they 've been doing for the last fifteen minutes , it would be a bit of a waste of time . |
| 43 | The eagle stared back at him proudly and without fear and Mr Wolski wondered how long he would be here in captivity , staring out at the same things year after year , his great wings never feeling the power and support of the wind , his talons never arcing forward and down as they did what they had been made for and struck at prey . |
| 44 | In June , Roland found what he had been looking for . |
| 45 | The books and papers were wrapped in a silk cloth and , smiling , Craig knew he had found what he had been looking for . |
| 46 | It was what he had been waiting for . |
| 47 | In his paper , Beveridge repeated what he had been saying for some time , namely , that there was no general breakdown of the labour-market , instead there was an overstocking of individual trades which was due to ‘ inadequate labour information and local hindrances to labour mobility ’ . |
| 48 | The Raubvogel had just entered the short tunnel that led out of the cavern , when Katze finally found what he 'd been looking for . |
| 49 | It was in the second of the rooms behind a damp stack of spare mattresses that he found what he 'd been hoping for . |
| 50 | But that was what he 'd been doing for the past several minutes . |
| 51 | Fringe took up his position alongside with familiarity and eagerness , an athlete doing what he 'd been bred for , and enjoyed . |
| 52 | Chairman , I 've listened with erm interest to Professor erm weasel words explaining that he did n't mean what he 's been saying for the past three years and trying to explain away what he 's effectively and he might as well admit it a complete volte face worse than that his agreement to an arrangement which he knows is second best . |
| 53 | Lamb did not and that is what he has been disciplined for . ’ |
| 54 | Later that day , when she asked him what it had been used for , he confessed : ‘ Sorry , Mum , I got it wrong . |