Example sentences of "been [v-ing] for him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as if she had been waiting for him for all these years . |
| 2 | Gravier 's wife and child and parents had been waiting for him at Acapulco . |
| 3 | Everything had been going so well this time ; leaving Glasgow on Saturday anticipation had been high , Amanda had even been waiting for him on the pavement outside her flat . |
| 4 | Although the citadel had been rebuilt by the Emperor Gia Long in 1802 , its palaces and temples had been designed and constructed faithfully in the style favoured by China 's Ming emperors and at the entrance to the Dai Noi , the Imperial City itself , Tran Van Hieu had been waiting for him in the shadow of the Ngo Mon , the " Bull Gate " roofed in gold tiles like the Gate of Heavenly Peace in Peking . |
| 5 | Roy had been working for him since three weeks after his wedding , and he hated it . |
| 6 | Mr Davidson 's father , Robert Snr , said Mrs Holmes had been working for him for the last eight years . |
| 7 | And we and then we had been working for him for about ten or eleven years on this contract that he had for us . |