Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] for a " in BNC.
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1 | They must have been riding for a long time , but there was no sign of a large town , only a solitary light shining ahead . |
2 | Whitaker and Milton would have been trying for a unique hat-trick in this , the most important of all indoor championships , after winning in Dortmund in 1990 and Gothenburg last year . |
3 | Police think whoever did it may have been searching for a non existant stache of money . |
4 | And the car was such a mess nobody would have been looking for a sawn brake cable . ’ |
5 | Must have been looking for a house . |