Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gallery ‘ gelbe MUSIK ’ has been catering for the specialists and the curious for ten years and celebrates its anniversary this spring . |
| 2 | Dozens of street musicians have been competing for the title of Britain 's best busker . |
| 3 | Brewers have been competing for the title of Best British Beer at the industry 's own version of the Oscars . |
| 4 | Farmworkers have been competing for the title of Britain 's best ploughman , and a place in the world finals in New Zealand . |
| 5 | Sighing , Tim 's father said the family knew the country had been praying for the 12-year-old . |
| 6 | As an amateur jockey Pip has had eight National hunt wins this season and had been challenging for the Ladies Championship . |
| 7 | Tropical timber producers have been pressing for the ITTA , which expires next year , to be replaced by a comprehensive agreement that also covers wood from temperate forests . |
| 8 | He had reportedly been pressing for the USA to distance itself from the peace negotiations and he was therefore opposed to a Washington venue ; he was also known to support a Middle Eastern venue to emphasize the regional , as opposed to the international , nature of the conflict . |
| 9 | He had been pressing for the opportunity to abandon himself , free of dogma , and here it was . |
| 10 | The main stumbling block had been the appointment of its chair [ see pp. 37712 ; 37777 ; 37858 ] , a problem temporarily resolved on Dec. 11 when Prince Norodom Sihanouk , who had hitherto been pressing for the chairmanship , called on the SNC to " stop talking about the chairmanship and vice-chairmanship … and have the 12 SNC members , on an equal footing , work for peace " . |
| 11 | Realistically , I 've been applying for the sort of job that will pay me enough money to keep me going when I retire . |
| 12 | Mr Waterworth worked for an agency and had been driving for the Fewston Transport Company , of Skipton , at the time of the tragedy . |
| 13 | He must have been looking for the keys . |
| 14 | She wondered whether Amy had been looking for the Julians or for her when she drove down the drive ? |
| 15 | He had been looking for the Face of Death . |
| 16 | But we have always been looking for the cause of the extra 40 per cent . |
| 17 | He had been looking for the omen Heather might have nerved herself to disregard . |
| 18 | Police have been looking for the killer of seventy year old Jim Eggleton since his battered body was found five weeks ago . |
| 19 | She 'd been writing for the NME , about David Cassidy and things like that but it must have been quite a struggle to get by . |
| 20 | Belfast Women 's Aid , and other pressure groups , have been lobbying for the clarification of the law since a judgement in 1991 , by Mr Justice Petrie , recorded that a breach of an order was a civil matter . |
| 21 | They have set up an AIDS task force , which has been searching for the bug that causes the disease ; they suspect a virus . |
| 22 | Ever since I started consultancy work in politics , I 'd been pushing for the use of this simple invention — a British one — but it was n't until after President Reagan used it in his address to the Houses of Parliament that our politicians felt it was worthy of notice . |
| 23 | Euro competition chief Sir Leon Brittan has been pushing for the guide since a survey found British cars were an average 59 per cent dearer than the cheapest Continental prices . |
| 24 | But , more than that , his predilection for Neath players deprived the club of their own best talent so that when they would otherwise have been training for the league , instead they were training for the Five Nations Championship . |
| 25 | Despite the widespread feeling that there had been a victory for parental rights , many of the Dewsbury parents claimed to have been acting for the sake of their children . |
| 26 | In some sense Angela may have been paying for the assets — they had assets valued at £600,000 then , most of it in the lease on the building . |
| 27 | Due to the fact that his marriage had been heading for the rocks ? |
| 28 | ‘ Mait wo n't have been heading for the dock , ’ Ace reasoned . |
| 29 | He had been waiting for the spirit warrior his father had told him of in infancy , the One-Eyed White Girl . |
| 30 | Afterwards , he felt it had been as if each of them had been waiting for the other to touch on a delicate subject . |