Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] 'd been [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing of her true nature , not even — and here Pavel had been holding his breath at the back of the Border Control 's interrogation room — where she 'd been living for the past two years . |
| 2 | Well I knew it was but it the fact that it had a nice easy switch in the base was something that I 'd been looking for . |
| 3 | It was her nail scissors that she 'd been searching for days , lost under the hearthrug and pressing into her hip ; and the cry was also her virginity , small and bewildered and gone . |
| 4 | The trouble was , once you 'd been driving for that long , you drove right through your tiredness and out into a dreamland where only the road was moving . |
| 5 | I knew that I always overestimated the time these outings took , but I was certain that we 'd been going for over two hours , and still we were crashing on . |
| 6 | I mean the doctor was no help and I 'd been waiting for over a coupla months to get into the Clinic for a detox . |
| 7 | This might sound , to Albert , as if she 'd been looking for him . |
| 8 | The strong fingers peeling the nightshirt upwards , the exploring hunger of the hard mouth on her stomach , her breasts , her lips , it felt as if she 'd been waiting for ever for these feelings … |
| 9 | So , you did so many miles per hour , we calculated , you would have done so many miles if you 'd been going for a full hour at that speed , so your dis your , your speed , velocity really but we 'll call it speed , right ? |
| 10 | If we 'd been looking for an easy acquaintance with nature , we would have chosen a different landscape : something lusher and more intricate , not this bleak and famished hillside on the Atlantic 's edge . |
| 11 | I think that if we 'd been looking for some rather more er refined instruments of taxation , I nearly said torture , er from the continent then we might have looked er and found some rather better means of getting local money in to finance local government . |
| 12 | And he 'd been rubbing for that long they 'd gone that colour . |
| 13 | this chap was here last week he bought this pine table up , got his key , and he 'd been working for three years in Norway |
| 14 | If he 'd been cycling for fourteen hours , let's say fifteen hours . |
| 15 | If he 'd been cycling for fifteen hours , you you have a look and tell me how far he would have gone . |
| 16 | But now I 've been drug-free for over a year erm but I 'd been trying for a few year before that and had nay managed to succeed . |
| 17 | Frau Geller murmured something to her companion about it never happening to a woman unless she 'd been asking for it . |
| 18 | The fog lifted and the house became filled with a babble of excitable people , few of whom spoke English and who all arrived at once because they 'd been waiting for a clear passage . |
| 19 | ‘ I did n't even know of them until later on in my teens , after I 'd been recording for several years . |
| 20 | I got this job in the machine sh in one of the lock shops and er for a fellow , I worked for him and er after I 'd been working for him they wanted me to work for somebody else but this fellow would n't let me go . |
| 21 | But it was n't like I 'd imagined — except for the long silences when I 'd been hoping for laughs . |