Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been looking for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been looking for ages for a Victorian birdbath , without much success . |
| 2 | She was singing on stage when we arrived and by the time I had reached my seat I said to the man who was with me , this is the Salome I have been looking for . |
| 3 | I have been looking for a recording ( with some difficulty ) , since not many shops are prepared to let me listen to different interpretations ) , indeed I purchased the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden/Marc Ermler offering only to be disappointed , all because I wanted CD sound quality to replace a home-made cassette of a live Radio 3 broadcast ( should I be telling you this ? ) |
| 4 | I have been looking for that ever since I first became involved in politics . |
| 5 | You have been looking for it for eight years . |
| 6 | And the team will cry out for joy as well , because we were created for this community , and in a way we have been looking for it all our lives . |
| 7 | Scientific director Gordon McVie said : ‘ We have been looking for a link between diet and cancer for 20 years now and this could be it . |
| 8 | Ron Van Rapphorst of San Diego police said : ‘ We have located the vehicle we have been looking for . |
| 9 | If only one stopped to look at the shape of the garment and the stitch used , it might well be just what we have been looking for ! |
| 10 | We have been looking for her for three weeks . |
| 11 | ‘ By God , ’ he commented , ‘ that is what we have been looking for . ’ |
| 12 | Area manager Beth Robinson says : ‘ Our business in Finaghy has steadily increased year by year and for some time we have been looking for premises , in a prominent location , which would give us the space we now need . |
| 13 | The idea of them having to bring fortnightly evidence that they have been looking for work when in the majority of cases they are not even permitted onto premises to ask for a job suggests an obvious indifference on the part of the policy makers . |