Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] have [be] looking " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I can not think of a single occasion over the years , my adulthood when I have been going to theatre arts events of any kind when I 've actually gone out and bought anything as a result of sponsorship of a programme I 've been looking at . |
| 2 | In this chapter we 've been looking at two novels which , though they both contain their own particular stylistic innovations , nevertheless stick to the recognised , traditional shape of the novel . |
| 3 | In this chapter we have been looking at the details of the division of labour to which Ella was referring . |
| 4 | Part-time job that offers the flexibility you 've been looking for . |
| 5 | Ron Van Rapphorst of San Diego police said : ‘ We have located the vehicle we have been looking for . |
| 6 | ‘ The editor we 've been looking for will also have to be able to cope with Alice Cooper dropping into our offices , plus other heavy metal groups who 've been into the heavy metal jewellery shop , the Great Frog which is in Carnaby Street beneath our offices . |
| 7 | No wonder he 's been looking for an excuse to get rid of you . ’ |
| 8 | Up to this point we have been looking at some fairly clear cases of assimilation across word boundaries . |
| 9 | One moment he had been looking forward to a happy and wealthy retirement and now , minutes later , he was a condemned criminal with only a few hours left to live . |
| 10 | The man , who said his name was Dave , told detectives about a friend who 'd been looking for Carol shortly before she died . |
| 11 | [ 5 ] How do the various pictures of God you have been looking at , and also those which you have yourself , compare with the lists in Tables 5.1 and 5.2 which most of the great world religions would agree on ? |
| 12 | The idea that you might be the person we 've been looking for came after I 'd met you . ’ |
| 13 | The powerful midfielder , Mauro Silva , was the playmaker they had been looking to build the team around . |
| 14 | But Jones told the court he had been looking after the alcohol at the party and collecting money from people who wanted to take some of the drink . |
| 15 | It is a game I have been looking forward to for some time . |
| 16 | A woman who had been looking at the screen turned to him and said , " I saw one , round at my daughter 's . |
| 17 | All this week we 've been looking at life inside Grendon Prison in Buckinghamshire . |
| 18 | This week we 've been looking at what VAT on fuel and books would mean . |
| 19 | ‘ It was the kind of performance I 've been looking for for two years , ’ said Welsh coach Alan Davies . |
| 20 | ‘ It was the kind of performance I 've been looking for for two years , ’ said Welsh coach Alan Davies . |
| 21 | So , off he went and came back one day saying that he thought he had the song I 'd been looking for . |
| 22 | 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 ? |
| 23 | And he said , ‘ Do you know , all my life I 've been looking for somebody who could do everything for three pounds a week . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ There is a man next door who 's been looking for a job at least five years . |
| 25 | we approximately the subject we had been looking at for some time so I approximately , nineteen eighty eight , nineteen eighty nine |
| 26 | As Tory backbenchers cheered , the Chancellor said : ‘ British business now has the opportunity it has been looking for — to bring the country out of recession , to increase sales , expand production and invest for the future . |
| 27 | Or how about if he realised that the real reason I had been looking ‘ better ’ lately had something to do with a £6.99 bargain hair colourant from Clairol ? |
| 28 | I felt really devastated that we lost and for that reason I have been looking forward to playing in this event again . ’ |
| 29 | For example own ( I am my own master ) or ( the ) very ( That 's the very thing I 've been looking for ! ) . |
| 30 | The result will be disappointing , not only for you but also for the bride who has been looking forward to keeping her flowers for ever . |