Example sentences of "'ve been [v-ing] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been looking for a pair of doctor martins ca n't find any . |
| 2 | That is erm whenever people look for an analysis of something , here I 've been looking for an analysis of individuation , there 's a tendency to consider candidate analyses one by one , singulatum . |
| 3 | This includes women who 've been trying for a test tube baby , have a history of pelvic inflammatory disease or sexually transmitted diseases , have suffered previous ectopic pregnancy , or surgery on their tubes , and those who 've had infertility problems . |
| 4 | ‘ Dr Williams said , ‘ You 've been spoiling for a fight , now you 've got it ’ ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been walking for a week . ’ |
| 6 | This is a firm and they 've been going for a number of years . |
| 7 | I 've been working for a company that constructs oil rigs and my job involved a lot of moving around . ’ |
| 8 | Because we 've been talking for a while so had time for it to evaporate . |
| 9 | I 'm sending you a document I 've been keeping for a friend . |
| 10 | ‘ In the letter , Tristram said ‘ I 'm sending you a document I 've been keeping for a friend ’ . |
| 11 | " Actually I think I 'm rather hungry — I 've been longing for a sandwich . |
| 12 | I 've been lurking for a couple of months now and I had a couple thoughts : |