Example sentences of "[vb base] be [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , so what were doing is were , we hope were waiting for a new prisoner to be allocated to us , erm , and perhaps we could , perhaps we could , perhaps we can write and remind you think , think we should do that ? |
| 2 | I 've been looking for a pair of doctor martins ca n't find any . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Then obviously I 've been looking for the wrong qualities in my secretaries . ’ |
| 5 | I 've been saving for a long time with Alma |
| 6 | They 've been living for the last ten years in an environment where they expect there to be a high level of occult activity in society . |
| 7 | ‘ As a matter of fact I 've been living for the past two years with a wonderful man . |
| 8 | Then nine tenths of the rubbish they 've been printing for the last few weeks will be seen for what it is . |
| 9 | They 've been expanding for the last four years . |
| 10 | They 've been digging for the chemicals , been tortured and crucified , again and again . |
| 11 | It was found in a garden where they 've been digging for the past six weeks . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Dictating condolences to the mother of a murdered husband whom you 've been cuckolding for the last three years would take more than his limited social vocabulary . |
| 14 | I 've been farming for the last 70 years and never seen anything like it . ’ |
| 15 | I 've been pushing for a long time but erm down here ? |
| 16 | They 've been calling for an alternative route to the A 421 since World War Two . |
| 17 | Aggie 's friend knows about him , but , as he said , they ca n't pin anything on to him ; they 've been tryin' for a long time . |
| 18 | ‘ Dr Williams said , ‘ You 've been spoiling for a fight , now you 've got it ’ ’ . |
| 19 | It 's one of the delightful , I 've been recruiting for a long time and it 's it 's one of those erm delightful things to be able to say to people on the phone when they tell me they 're fifty or fifty four to say that 's not a problem . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're a bloody good photographer and the work you 've been doing for the last five years proves it . |
| 21 | ‘ I want to know what you 've been doing for the past four days . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ What you 've been doing for the past four months ! |
| 23 | A game of tag ( see below ) may well be just the thing ; but if they 've just come in from the playground and that 's what they 've been doing for the last fifteen minutes , it would be a bit of a waste of time . |
| 24 | It beats changing nappies , which is what I 've been doing for the last 5 months . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been walking for a week . ’ |
| 26 | This is a firm and they 've been going for a number of years . |
| 27 | ‘ What the ‘ ell do you think we 've been doin' for the last hour ? ’ asked Tommy . |
| 28 | I 've been working for a company that constructs oil rigs and my job involved a lot of moving around . ’ |
| 29 | The other thing we do sort of every now and then , and next time will be Easter , we actually have some people in costume who actually reoccupy the house over Waster weekend in this case as as the household of William and they 've been coming for a long time now and they 've got set into the set into their roles quite well . |
| 30 | Because we 've been talking for a while so had time for it to evaporate . |