Example sentences of "have be [v-ing] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The business lobby has been squealing for everything from accelerated depreciation allowances to a Business Development Board to grant cheap loans . |
| 2 | ‘ The apparel industry has been searching for something new for a long time and this is something which will be exciting . |
| 3 | ‘ Professor Howard has been looking for you , ’ she informed me . |
| 4 | Your mistress has been ringing for you this past fifteen minutes ! ’ |
| 5 | An iconoclast , Engel may find the job sedate after the hurly-burly of the general election , which he has been covering for his newspaper . |
| 6 | Since Gooding 's detention in Coney Hill , the city 's MP has been campaigning for his transfer to more secure premises . |
| 7 | Like Costner , David , 40 , has had to guard Whitney from hordes of obsessed fans in the four years he has been working for her . |
| 8 | If the employee has been working for you for up to eight weeks and does not have a linking letter or a Leaver 's statement , phone your Social Security office and ask if the start of the PIW you are dealing with links back to a claim to a Social Security benefit . |
| 9 | Mr John McIleree , who served with the Royal Signals for 20 years and now lives at Scotton , near Richmond , has been working for his technology degree since 1973 when he was still in the Army . |
| 10 | An arctic explorer has been preparing for his latest expedition by spending the weekend in a freezer . |
| 11 | The Blackrag Madonna , it appears , has been waiting for him . |
| 12 | I feel that he has been waiting for me to get home so he can demonstrate this talent . |
| 13 | But Price , who has been waiting for his first major title since blowing the British Open ten years ago , said : ‘ I learned from his example , watching his Open triumph at Muirfield . ’ |
| 14 | He has been waiting for his allowance since first putting in a claim for the new benefit on April 24 , more than six months ago . |
| 15 | The kennel maid remarked , ‘ There 's something queer about that animal , she has been waiting for you since early this morning . |
| 16 | ( a ) Children in need Section 20(1) requires every local authority : to provide accommodation for any child in need within their area who appears to them to require accommodation as a result of : ( a ) there being no person who has parental responsibility for him ; ( b ) his being lost or having been abandoned ; or ( c ) the person who has been caring for him being prevented ( whether or not permanently , and for whatever reason ) from providing him with suitable accommodation or care . |
| 17 | If someone else is living in your home , for example someone who has been caring for you , this may also mean the value is not taken into account . |
| 18 | I 've discovered who has been paying for my education . |
| 19 | Look , ’ and she opened her handbag and reached inside , ‘ this was one I 'd been saving for him — ’ Her voice cracked and she began to cry . |
| 20 | So he 'd been looking for her . |
| 21 | This might sound , to Albert , as if she 'd been looking for him . |
| 22 | Some items I 'd been holding for him . |
| 23 | I 'd been loading for him , loading the t coal into tubs and tramming them . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , I 'd been waiting for her , too ! |
| 25 | They 'd been waiting for me , it seemed , in a mutual absence of civility . |
| 26 | Actually , I 'd been waiting for somebody else but I just happened to be on hand and I could n't just stand there and watch her struggle with all those boxes , suitcases , typewriters , bicycles , stereo systems and so on . |
| 27 | She 'd been waiting for you . ’ |
| 28 | Frau Geller murmured something to her companion about it never happening to a woman unless she 'd been asking for it . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | But she 'd taken an instant liking to you and for years she 'd been agitating for me to settle down . ’ |