Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pron] 'd been [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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1 | For one thing Harlow is the sort of town which I 'd been agitating for both before and after the war whenever I was speaking on behalf of the Labour Party both at street corners and at public meetings on the type of life we vis envisaged for a normal person in the land . |
2 | It ran beside a broad , shaded boulevard of feathery pepper trees , and the sudden sight of European-style buildings made him reflect that the jungles , fields and villages through which they 'd been moving for the past few hours had remained unchanging throughout many centuries . |
3 | During that week I felt the Lord speak to me and I knew that this is what I 'd been looking for all my life and I decided to follow Jesus . |
4 | At last she found what she 'd been looking for . |
5 | Well , he told Mummy , and now she 's furious , because apparently it 's what she 'd been hoping for . |
6 | What we decided to do , because I thought that 's what you 'd been pressing for , was to show that as the equivalent affect of , okay , you think you 're making these profits but you 're actually enjoying services that you 're not paying for . |
7 | ‘ I asked what you 'd been doing for the last five years … ’ |
8 | That 's what they 'd been fighting for for twenty years . |
9 | The Raubvogel had just entered the short tunnel that led out of the cavern , when Katze finally found what he 'd been looking for . |
10 | It was in the second of the rooms behind a damp stack of spare mattresses that he found what he 'd been hoping for . |
11 | But that was what he 'd been doing for the past several minutes . |