Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [adv] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A couple who bought a flat which did n't officially exist are still fighting for compensation four years later . |
| 2 | He has been repeatedly calling for his ‘ daddy ’ thought to be his maternal grandfather . |
| 3 | In the unlikely setting of an industrial estate near Stroud in Gloucestershire , the elephant , cast in bronze , has been slowly growing for the past year . |
| 4 | In the unlikely setting of an industrial estate near Stroud in Gloucestershire , the elephant , cast in bronze , has been slowly growing for the past year . |
| 5 | Mongolia has been desperately looking for some . |
| 6 | According to colleagues , he has been seriously complaining for years about the parasitic passivity of arts television , which simply points a camera at a performance conceived and organised by someone else . |
| 7 | However , in parliamentary terms Mr Nelson has been long waiting for a call from a prime minister offering jobs . |
| 8 | I thus started a relationship with that country that has been constantly rewarding for the rest of my life , and indeed I now regard it almost as my second homeland . |
| 9 | The nest was built whilst the truck was in use , so the bird must have been patiently waiting for it to return after each journey so that it could carry on with nest building . |
| 10 | It must have been terribly upsetting for you , ’ says Jeremy 's mouth , while his eyes say Go on , admit it , did n't you enjoy it , some of it ? |
| 11 | She had spent much of the week in and out of the air raid shelter dodging hit-and-run raiders who we knew were also reconnoitring for further attacks . |
| 12 | Transend are continually looking for shareware that spans a wide spectrum . |
| 13 | But the second games started , Merton would move , striding like a supermarket trolley attendant into the ring and ignoring all the ‘ rules ’ of improvisational comedy that the other clever-clever types had been carefully developing for the previous few years . |
| 14 | Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles broke his silence following newspaper reports which suggested that Charles and Camilla had been secretly meeting for more than 10 years and that there was evidence of a ‘ passionate intimacy ’ . |
| 15 | Relatives of the men had been anxiously waiting for news . |
| 16 | It may be that if he had been actively working for Balston Ltd his activities might have been in breach of his implied duty of fidelity . |
| 17 | Nature , produced by Robin Hellier , has a lot of pace as did Horizon 's The Geneva event ( BBC2 , 24 January ) What the latter did not have was much patience with the aspirant but relatively unlearned student of what is going on in the world of high energy physics The main Geneva event — the identification of the W subatomic particle which , with the Z , will enable the theory that the four fundamental forces of nature can be unified within a single framework to be sustained — has yet to be announced , though it is believed imminent Horizon had been patiently filming for four years . |
| 18 | But if I 've been away working for some time , it 's completely different . |
| 19 | The Bears were never headed but with just four heats left were still looking for extra inspiration . |
| 20 | They remained in control over the means of mass communications but those whose work or views they had long ignored were now clamouring for access . |
| 21 | Just a few miles away at the Camas camp 1100 refugees with a different story to tell are also preparing for winter . |
| 22 | Since then we have been steadily searching for another prize to go with the vouchers . |
| 23 | ‘ Pakistan have been officially pleading for the introduction of neutral umpires . |
| 24 | In only his second start of the season , Snodin provided the spark of midfield inspiration and stong running that Everton have been desperately searching for all season . |
| 25 | I have been actively looking for evidence for 12 years , ’ Tom said . |
| 26 | Chelsea have been actively looking for a replacement . |
| 27 | But women have been actively asking for ordination for more than sixty years and their patience is running out . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's been hard going for us all in the League , but hopefully this result will help bring back the confidence . ’ |
| 29 | Those flares you fired for the war you ended are still burning for the peace that you won . |
| 30 | Even so , asking to be charge capped is surely asking for trouble . |