Example sentences of "[pers pn] 've been [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | I 've been looking for you for years , but I only knew the name that she used to call you — Prince Charming . |
| 32 | ‘ I 've been looking for you for years — Prince Charming . ’ |
| 33 | For example own ( I am my own master ) or ( the ) very ( That 's the very thing I 've been looking for ! ) . |
| 34 | I 've been looking for him all afternoon , but he must have been tied up with work . |
| 35 | ‘ Then obviously I 've been looking for the wrong qualities in my secretaries . ’ |
| 36 | He came over and sat close beside her on the bed , ‘ I 've been looking for you everywhere , Robyn . ’ |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | ‘ I 've been looking for you two . |
| 39 | And I kept staring at you and thinking , My God , she 's everything I 've been looking for . |
| 40 | Yeah I know but Marks and Spencers are a crap shop I do n't care if they go out of business they 're a rip off anyway , they 're so expensive , such crap clothes , they 're so common , that 's the word I 've been looking for common , that 's my word of the week I think er common common , does it not get to ya looking like everyone else ? |
| 41 | I 've been looking for that all week ! |
| 42 | I 've been looking for a pair of doctor martins ca n't find any . |
| 43 | That 's the one I 've been looking for ! |
| 44 | ‘ So I 've been grieving for him . ’ |
| 45 | Like here in the north of Australia , I 've been waiting for two days for the light I need for a shot of some valleys . |
| 46 | ‘ Hullo , Pranger , I 've been waiting for you for years . ’ |
| 47 | ‘ I 've been waiting for you , ’ said the Countess . |
| 48 | So it 's really settling in and I 've been waiting for that to happen . ’ |
| 49 | I 've been waiting for years for someone to do that . ’ |
| 50 | I 've been waiting for that featherbrained bird to buzz off , ’ said the frog . |
| 51 | I 've been waiting for four or five games , so it 's a bit of a relief . ’ |
| 52 | ‘ I 've been waiting for this , ’ says Iain . |
| 53 | I 've been waiting for you . |
| 54 | ‘ I 've been waiting for you . |
| 55 | ‘ I 've been waiting for you all this time , Jane , ’ he said . |
| 56 | I 've been waiting for this moment all week . |
| 57 | ‘ I 've been waiting for you to look after the children while I fetch him . ’ |
| 58 | " I 've been waiting for you for six hours . |
| 59 | I 've been waiting for this for so long that I do n't think I can wait any longer — ’ |
| 60 | I complied and he bellowed ‘ Five months , I 've been waiting for my telephone . |