Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Old Stopfordians ' Association had been trying for many years to raise sufficient money to build the Pavilion , and indeed had sold the Harrison Towns field some three years previously for this very reason . |
| 2 | His next move was to Madrid , an upheaval that he and his girlfriend had been planning for some time , and there his photographic education continued apace , despite one or two minor problems . |
| 3 | The figures were much the same after the experiment had been running for three months , but 83% thought the experiment should continue . |
| 4 | This was interesting ; some tritium was occurring naturally in the heavy water and when they measured the tritium levels after the experiment had been running for some hours they found that the tritium level had dropped . |
| 5 | Marie had been waiting for him out in the car-park . |
| 6 | The car had been waiting for him . |
| 7 | It was obvious to Michael and Geoffrey that the car had been waiting for them . |
| 8 | His best guess was that the reference was to Nerys , that his unconscious mind had been looking for comfort in the prospect that Wayne would at least be with his mother , in which case he decided that there was probably some hope for his mental state after all . |
| 9 | Yet at the time the report was released , the actual company that was used as the basis for the research had been trading for five months and is coping well with a difficult launch period and providing to be highly successful in meeting its targets . |
| 10 | Because of the recession , stockpiles of ‘ new ’ cars had been waiting for a buyer for up to two years . |
| 11 | Gryschenko had been missing for more than two days . |
| 12 | Below them , a large group of human subjects had been circling for hours around a roller rink set among the trees . |
| 13 | She calmly told me that the police had called round and that Nassim had been looking for me . |
| 14 | Was this what Edward had been waiting for ? |
| 15 | The City and the Confederation of British Industry had been looking for some indication of earlier participation in the exchange rate mechanism of the EMS . |
| 16 | This was the tonic which the nuclear industry had been waiting for — a government which was both strongly sympathetic to its point of view , and prepared to make firm decisions . |
| 17 | But he had barely been gone for an hour when there came the signal that Thorfinn had been waiting for . |
| 18 | Dr Horn 's assessment is that by the 1790s the southern farm labourer 's standard of living had been falling for thirty years , and that an increase of around 85 per cent in money wages over the war years kept it just about level up to 1815 . |
| 19 | In fact , he was so happy with the idea that had come to him from the writer , Peter Shaffer , he began the serious rethink of his career which friends like Lance Percival had been thinking for some time was overdue . |
| 20 | If it was a turning point in terms of ‘ proving ’ the relationship , it also marked the change in image Kylie had been wanting for such a long time . |
| 21 | Previously , Mr Ntoni-Nzinga had been studying for a doctorate in theology and anthropology in Manchester , UK . |
| 22 | Well they were , the ward committee had been seeking for a , a candidate , but I had no opposition at that time at all . |
| 23 | Gravier 's wife and child and parents had been waiting for him at Acapulco . |
| 24 | Due to the fact that his marriage had been heading for the rocks ? |
| 25 | Both countries had been speaking for some time of their desire to improve relations , without making much progress . |
| 26 | This was the moment Lynch had been building for all his life . |
| 27 | He has lived in this pleasant suburb 45 years , entirely unaware that Kirk , Keef , Claptout and all of Led Zeppelin had been looking for him to apologise for stealing his songs and to pay him much-needed royalties . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | This was reportedly a concession which US oil companies had been seeking for some time . |
| 30 | CHC had been saying for a long time , and it seemed to be falling on deaf ears that a date should be set for the closure of Friern and that money should not be spent on the hospital but on services in the community . |