Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] 's be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her tone is soothing , her whispers slide like sighs , but gently she is uncovering the reproach she 's been hiding for days . |
| 2 | Police in Lothian are increasingly concerned about the safety of a fifteen year old girl who 's been missing for ten days . |
| 3 | No wonder he 's been looking for an excuse to get rid of you . ’ |
| 4 | His twice broken kneecap still bears the scars — for Lawrence today was the test he 's been waiting for . |
| 5 | It 's the moment everyone 's been waiting for . |
| 6 | And she passed with flying colours She 's been driving for years apparently but she had to take a test . |
| 7 | Well obviously the sad reality of the thing does n't come home to , to our countrymen and a man comes up last week and tells me that he 's been paid off by the Daily Record he 's been working for them for thirty five years and he asked what how much pension will he have and says that he 's getting four years pension . |
| 8 | For years he 's been looking for something to put his madness into . |
| 9 | Look out for our EXCLUSIVE PLAYABLE DEMO of the game everyone 's been waiting for , next month … |
| 10 | Today Cynthia Coles got the news she 's been waiting for . |
| 11 | ‘ There is a man next door who 's been looking for a job at least five years . |
| 12 | Police are growing increasingly worried about a mentally handicapped man who 's been missing for three days . |
| 13 | A farmer who 's been fighting for years to KEEP gypsies on his land has been given the go-ahead after a public inquiry . |
| 14 | Bob Sillitoe says that since he came back from Kilimanjaro he 's been looking for something else … another challenge … the climbing has given his son a great sense of confidence |
| 15 | An MP who 's been campaigning for years to have the road improved said tonight that he 'll be pressing the government yet again to have it upgraded to a dual carriageway . |
| 16 | Ottawa , Canada-based 4GL software supplier Cognos Inc is about to consummate the moves into Unix and distributed computing it 's been flagging for a year , with the planned Six By Six launch of six products on six Unix platforms in August . |
| 17 | Since she left school she 's been working for the Fish Co-operative in Stockholm Backs , not far from Riddle 's yard . ’ |
| 18 | The Tree has some pretty weird ideas about religion ; he might just swallow the idea he 's been working for the devil all this time . |
| 19 | Up there is how far away from home he is in miles along there is the time he 's been travelling for . |