Example sentences of "what [pron] have [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | One way to give ourselves new heart is to go where books and readers meet , and this is what I have been doing for the past year , working in secondary schools on research funded by the British Library . |
| 2 | ‘ This is what I have been waiting for to really make the hotel complete . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It only proves what I have been saying for some time that this was nothing more than an arranged marriage . |
| 4 | This is exactly what I have been saying for years . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Let me see what you have been doing for us , ’ Charles said smiling widely beneath his white moustache . |
| 6 | 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 ! |
| 7 | ‘ By God , ’ he commented , ‘ that is what we have been looking for . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The seven per cent bank base rate is very good news for the housing market and it is what we have been calling for . |
| 9 | ‘ The only way this is going to end is by political resolution and that is what we have been campaigning for . |
| 10 | Is this what we have been waiting for all these years , the answer that has so far eluded us ? |
| 11 | I do n't know then what we have been doing for the last four weeks , when we first asked . ’ |