Example sentences of "for [noun] [pron] [verb] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For ages he had been meaning to call in at a place down by the Elephant and Castle where they sold gramophone parts , but it was not until this morning that he had finally got around to it . |
| 2 | A practical outcome from this incident was a new pair of deck shoes for Marty who had been campaigning for a replacement from Stores Branch for some time . |
| 3 | But other Jews … the ones who have suffered like your zeide … for centuries they have been praying ‘ To next year in Jerusalem ’ and meaning it . |
| 4 | For months they had been trying with divets and tackle to hoist the appropriate two-ton stone upright and into its hole . |
| 5 | You see , for months he 's been living on a diet of Minpins , and a thousand Minpins is not even a snack for him . |
| 6 | Almost equally important was the ending , by a series of agreements in 1745 , 1773 and 1790 , of a struggle for influence which had been going on for generations between the Reichskanzlei ( Imperial Chancery ) under its hereditary head , the Elector of Mainz , and the Hofkanzlei ( the Chancery of the Habsburg hereditary lands ) . |
| 7 | For days I 've been telling Caliban that I do n't see why D and M and everyone else should be left in the dark about whether I still exist . |
| 8 | He was a small boy of six who lived just around the corner from her , and for days he had been going on about this great talking parrot his father had given him . |
| 9 | This council needs to take seriously crime prevention and crime detection and most of all fear of crime , and that 's why it 's become part of the policy committee 's concern , and I think that 's with the police committee 's agreement , for years they 've been trying to tell us to get involved in crime prevention , and from next year we 're going to do that . |
| 10 | For years they have been receiving the same information in both printout and statement form — the Bank will benefit to the tune of £10,000 in tangible savings and £71,000 in productivity savings per annum . |
| 11 | For years they have been making effectively equity investments in developer traders at debt margins . |
| 12 | ‘ For years we had been trying to lower and streamline the bonnets of front-engined cars and the mid-engined configuration allowed us to obtain an extremely low nose , deeply recessed between sculpted front wings that sloped down to the headlights , which were contained in a plexiglass fairing to continue the line . |
| 13 | But she 'd taken an instant liking to you and for years she 'd been agitating for me to settle down . ’ |
| 14 | Moreover the meaning is not at all the same as with to + infinitive , as can be seen from the sample sentences below : ( 39 ) For years she had been driving illegally with a licence obtained in Italy where her brother had sent the examiner a case of wine — not necessary , but she had felt bolstered . |
| 15 | For years she has been complaining ‘ I never see anything of you , darling ’ and ‘ Why ca n't you spend a little more time with the family ? ’ — so naturally he expects her to be delighted to have him at home . |
| 16 | And obviously we would want to take money out of reserves , our original amendment took one point three million pounds out of reserves and it 's interesting to see now that you 're suggesting almost that figure again and yet for years you 've been telling us you ca n't take this money out of the reserves , er you know we had to keep it for a rainy day . |
| 17 | Bob Mays had to confront the fact that for years he had been loving someone else 's daughter . |
| 18 | For years he 's been looking for something to put his madness into . |
| 19 | You know I 've never hated you — though for years I 've been wishing that I could ! ’ |
| 20 | like Alligator Gun for example I know is coming to the , to the Kings up the road here quite soon and then it 's going to Glasgow later on , and I keep thinking every time this sort of thing , thing 's happening I keep thinking we could be dealing with these |
| 21 | Are You Listening ? provides extra listening practice for children who have been studying English for a year or two . |
| 22 | For miles I have been saying |