Example sentences of "i have been [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | I think I 'm making my point , I have been saying for some time now that given the fact that all that security has n't produced the results , the logic of that is dialogue , and when I see the opportunity as I saw it , of dialogue , direct dialogue with Mr Addams that could lead to a total cessation of this violence , I felt it was my duty to do so . |
| 32 | I have been criticised for being a distant figure who lives in a style of luxury that Britain can not afford . |
| 33 | I have been criticised for doing a job that is irrelevant in a society in which so many are struggling . |
| 34 | I have been criticised for coming down on the side of the second alternative . |
| 35 | I hold the view very strongly — and I know I have been criticised for it — that when a government has not got great experience , is a minority government , it is essential if you can possibly support it that it should be able to speak with a strong voice to the countries of the world . |
| 36 | I have been arguing for institutions of higher education to do justice to the idea of a culture of critical discourse ( as Gouldner puts it ) . |
| 37 | For more than thirty years I have been fighting for them . |
| 38 | Brightest spot : the final , disgraceful death of the opinion poll industry , which I have been campaigning for since 1983 . |
| 39 | ‘ I have been going for 18 years and you get fan-tastic value for money , ’ he said . |
| 40 | McNeill said : ‘ I have been waiting for two days for this supposed written offer . |
| 41 | ‘ I have been waiting for this , you know . |
| 42 | ‘ You must be the one , ’ said the young woman , ‘ You must be the one I have been waiting for , who must release me from enchantment . |
| 43 | I have been waiting for a lift for four hours . |
| 44 | ‘ I have been waiting for a long time to get my hands on this one ’ , a review of Nicolson by Kingsley Amis began . |
| 45 | I have been waiting for some time for hon. Members to refer to my apparel and I am duly flattered . |
| 46 | He said : ‘ I have been waiting for the last three years for an opportunity like this and I see it as the right time in my career to take it . |
| 47 | ‘ This is what I have been waiting for to really make the hotel complete . ’ |
| 48 | ‘ Father , I have been waiting for you all afternoon . ’ |
| 49 | I have been playing for about 13 years now , and doing so for pleasure . |
| 50 | She said : ‘ I have been used for too long , I must do things for myself now . |
| 51 | I have been recording for ages . |
| 52 | You ca n't imagine how I have been aching for you … |
| 53 | ‘ I have been working for a moment like this for nine years and finally it has arrived . |
| 54 | In France , where I have been working for two years , the government understands the need for cultural things . |
| 55 | During the time I have been working for the playgroup I have come into contact with about 200 children . |
| 56 | ‘ I have been working for 19 months and was on the dole for five years before that , ’ he said . |
| 57 | I have been working for a moment like this for nine years and finally it has arrived . |
| 58 | ‘ I have been dying for a toke all day . |
| 59 | Roy Pointer : ‘ I have been asking for over ten years that there needs to be some bold plans , mission strategy , developed within the denominations and I have not been aware of any until now . |