Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] for [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And just in case any men out there still need to be convinced that cleanliness is next to Robert Redfordness , how about the tale of a friend of mine who was desperate to impress a woman he had been pursuing for weeks . |
2 | The Guildford Four have been canvassing for Jeremy Corbyn in Islington . |
3 | To some degree they had already been catering for children with special needs . |
4 | ‘ Well , he has been caddying for Harley in Europe , and he did win one tournament and finished equal second in the other . |
5 | I 'd been caddying for Ralph Moffatt on the pro circuit and got him through the pre-qualifier at Fairhaven , so I told him I 'd be caddying for him in the Open as I 'd heard nothing from Jack . |
6 | This gives the guitarist the same facility for storing and recalling a library of sounds that keyboard players have been enjoying for years . |
7 | Below them , a large group of human subjects had been circling for hours around a roller rink set among the trees . |
8 | He is very pleased with the ‘ good meaty topics ’ departments have been suggesting for scrutiny this year . |
9 | Disabled people from all over the country have been competing for honours in a carriage driving contest . |
10 | She woke early on the morning of July 29 , 1981 which is not surprising as her room overlooked the Mall where the singing , chattering crowds had been gathering for days . |
11 | ‘ We 've been struggling for years . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | For instance having retired to this lovely English village , and assembled my wits and memories to compile this narrative , I have had the satisfaction recently of discovering the original meaning of three common expressions which I have been using for years . |
14 | Don had been experimenting for years before he took out the patent in 1970 and significantly stated that ‘ The difference in camber and relative incidence on the central fore and aft sections serves to stabilise the kite in pitch ’ . |
15 | People are realising what particularly the Belfast group has been preaching for years , that early availability of resuscitation is tremendously important . |
16 | Gristy had been trolling for mackerel since dawn , and had had one of his best catches ever . |
17 | I reckon I been walking for hours now . |
18 | I reckon I should nearly be home by now — I been walking for ages . |
19 | And proud too , cos blimey , I been walking for ages and when I get back home she 'll think I been real clever to find my own way back , and I ai n't got a yellow card or nothing . |
20 | ‘ I 've been knocking for ages and all ye do is laugh up at me . ’ |
21 | The first is that some cricketers have been cheating for years in a most blatant manner . |
22 | It never occurred to me that anyone who had been starving for years would feel an incredible , overwhelming urge to eat that was both physical and emotional . |
23 | " I suppose he could have lent money to Ingard , and been pressing for payment . " |
24 | Two district councils , Angus and Cumnock & Doon Valley , have already been pressing for changes and the committee was told that many other authorities were experiencing disadvantages because of the rule . |
25 | The NPKTF , which had taken definitive form in 1902 , had been pressing for reconciliation within the Edinburgh branch , and was to play a strongly supporting role in 1910 . |
26 | The Young King had been pressing for permission to go on a pilgrimage to Compostella but Henry II , believing that this was just an excuse to get away from his watchful eye , had instead ordered him to help suppress the rebellion in Aquitaine . |
27 | The aim of this legislation , as the Supreme Court noted , is to facilitate economic development , although it is fair to add that lenders both from within and outside the country have been pressing for change for some time . |
28 | But Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown , who has been pressing for CUTS in interest rates , said the rise was ‘ disastrous . ’ |
29 | Professor Alex McDougall , convener of the institute 's VAT sub-committee , said ICAS had been pressing for Customs and Excise and the VAT tribunal to have to power to mitigate penalties . |
30 | Local residents have been pressing for action to curb the speed and behaviour of some drivers . |