Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People magazine has been looking for possible substitutes , and among the personalities they suggest is Prince Charles . |
| 2 | Zimbabwe supports controlled culling of its large elephant population and has been looking for legal ways to cover the costs . |
| 3 | Since the 1970s Scandinavia , and in particular Sweden and Norway , has been campaigning for other countries to drastically cut sulphur and nitrogen oxide emissions . |
| 4 | Academics have been writing books and articles ; Charter 88 has been campaigning for constitutional reform ; citizenship is to be incorporated in the National Curriculum in the schools ; and a commission under the august patronage of the Speaker of the House of Commons published a report entitled Encouraging Citizenship in October 1990 . |
| 5 | Allan has been working for Historic Scotland since 1986 and has gained wide-ranging experience including masonry consolidation , hewing and building of all types of stonework at sites throughout Grampian Region and the Shetland Islands . |
| 6 | Some disagree with this line of thinking — notably Ichiro Ozawa , the secretary-general of Japan 's ruling party , who has been arguing for Japanese soldiers to be sent to the Gulf in a non-combat role — but they have not had much luck making their case . |
| 7 | However , this is a direction in which we would already have been moving for other reasons , and the installation of a digital telephone exchange for the provision of extra lines to our new accommodation will greatly facilitate the process . |
| 8 | Bristol had previously been heavily involved in the Iceland trade , but had been coming under pressure from increasing Hanse power there , and its merchants may well have been looking for alternative supplies of fish — it is worth stressing that the ships sent out in 1481 in search of the ‘ Isle of Brasil ’ were carrying a large quantity of salt ( 45 , pp.188–9 ; 94 , pp.177–82 ) . |
| 9 | Alexei had been listening for other footsteps coming along the bridge . |
| 10 | James Ousley , chief executive officer of the Control Data Systems Inc spin-out , says its former parent , Control Data Corp — now divided into two separate companies ( UX No 387 ) — had been looking for additional capital for a number of years , but was not able to tempt any investors to bankroll an organisation with interests as diverse as proprietary mainframes , Unix , military and government software and services and a lottery business . |
| 11 | The biggest problem and disappointment was that the international rig count continued downwards and that was where we had been hoping for increased sales and increased market share looking into this year and into the last part of last year . |
| 12 | Throughout 1838 , Darwin had been allowing for Lyellian competitive defeats to extinguish some species before their predetermined ageing overcame them . |
| 13 | Recently , Moore had been commentating for London-based Capital Radio at football matches , as well as working as a partner in a sports marketing company , preparing for the 1994 World Cup . |
| 14 | They had been waiting for high water so that they could sail alongside in a civilised manner . |
| 15 | The big fish had been making for deep water all afternoon and Trent had n't seen a bird for the past hour . |
| 16 | By the end of the " thirties , Aunt Tossie wondered for how many years she had been paying for interesting yearlings , and with very uninteresting results . |
| 17 | In point of fact the JCS had been pressing for consistent applications of containment ever since 1947 , had identified US security interests with Nationalist success in China and had declared that , if the Chinese Nationalists were to fall , the US must be prepared to accept eventual Soviet hegemony over Asia . |
| 18 | After all , the National Association of Labour Teachers had been pressing for Common Schools since 1930 . |
| 19 | Coun. Grant said he and Colburn parish council had been pressing for improved pedestrian safety at this point . |
| 20 | Henderson had been working for British secret services for 20 years , it was revealed last night . |
| 21 | He dragged the 18-year-old girl to a nearby common and forced her into humiliating sex acts for more than an hour while the three-month-old baby she had been caring for lay alone in the house . |
| 22 | A judge told William Sim and David Todd that they had been playing for high stakes and had to pay the penalty . |
| 23 | Yeah I know but Marks and Spencers are a crap shop I do n't care if they go out of business they 're a rip off anyway , they 're so expensive , such crap clothes , they 're so common , that 's the word I 've been looking for common , that 's my word of the week I think er common common , does it not get to ya looking like everyone else ? |
| 24 | ‘ But I am a bit disappointed that while we 've been appealing for new directors nobody from the town has come forward . ’ |
| 25 | Well obviously there is change and one of the things that we 've been doing for International Women 's celebrations during March , because we 're having a whole month of activities , is |
| 26 | Or was he merely seeking to confuse people in the West who have been calling for military intervention ? |
| 27 | And they would then sell these goods at high prices to those buyers who have not discovered that some sellers have been selling for low prices . |
| 28 | Social Services departments have been caring for young offenders since 1972 . |
| 29 | The school 's been lobbying for new buildings for several years . |
| 30 | The distance he 's travelled is equal to sixty miles per hour times the number of hours , he 's been travelling for okay ? |