Example sentences of "[pers pn] 's [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's been speaking for the first time on camera following her release from prison , exclusively to Central News . |
| 2 | She says that she 's been flying for three years . |
| 3 | Her tone is soothing , her whispers slide like sighs , but gently she is uncovering the reproach she 's been hiding for days . |
| 4 | ‘ She 's been calling for you , ’ Sister Duggan told him . |
| 5 | There 's nothing new in that — she 's been trying for years . |
| 6 | Since she left school she 's been working for the Fish Co-operative in Stockholm Backs , not far from Riddle 's yard . ’ |
| 7 | " Did n't Jenny tell you she 's been working for me ? " |
| 8 | Today Cynthia Coles got the news she 's been waiting for . |
| 9 | And she passed with flying colours She 's been driving for years apparently but she had to take a test . |
| 10 | She 's been going for that ra is it radium ? |
| 11 | She 's been asking for you , she feels terribly guilty about the baby . ’ |
| 12 | But why , when she 's been playing for so long , has millions in the bank and leads a very active life outside the tour , does she still have the desire to compete ? |
| 13 | She 's been missing for a week , was going to marry a rising Minister , successful career , everything coming up roses . |
| 14 | Well erm I think so , I mean they had a great side under Bill Beaumont 's leadership and it 's been promising for a couple of years with England , and today they actually came through with the goods erm a bit of an anti-climax last year at erm at Murrayfield . |
| 15 | It 's been devastating for those who 've cared for Sefton . |
| 16 | " It 's been raining for a week . " |
| 17 | Ottawa , Canada-based 4GL software supplier Cognos Inc is about to consummate the moves into Unix and distributed computing it 's been flagging for a year , with the planned Six By Six launch of six products on six Unix platforms in August . |
| 18 | But it 's been hanging for the l particular local plan to receive more specific impetu done this exercise properly . |
| 19 | a standard Anglepoise lamp er which it 's been going for a number of years , you can get it in about six different colours to match different designs of , er put colour into your room , now if somebody was spending a lot of time sitting knitting and has to look at the knitting or has to look at the pattern then er a good strong light which wo n't get in their eyes but goes straight on to what , whatever they 're doing , is by far the best thing for them , er but they say oh I do n't like it , it 's a bit angular is n't it , erm , modern sort of thing , er but because it 's angular it does n't mean to say it 's not gon na fit into the room it 's the right thing for it , er for the person doing that work . |
| 20 | Everyone remembers Star Trek , it 's been going for twenty five years |
| 21 | in time and it 's been going for about five years . |
| 22 | I , I look at these science things where , you know , they 're sending these things , America 's sending them , it 's been going for two year thousands of miles an hour , you know , probably a minute er and the as the man came over who went to the moon , the top man , to lecture and he was asked innumerable questions and one was do you think there 's anything up there ? |
| 23 | Do you know Dave I read erm we there 's a magazine called Good Housekeeping and it 's been going for it had been going for seventy years , last year it started in nineteen twenty one , women 's magazine , very good one and they had a sort of seventieth birthday issue |
| 24 | It 's been going for about two now |
| 25 | The clients expect and understand that quite well now , because it 's been happening for about two or three years . |
| 26 | It 's been happening for hundreds of years . |
| 27 | It 's been happening for a few days , but I 've only just realised what it is … |
| 28 | It does n't matter it 's been recording for ages . |
| 29 | Can I just draw people 's attention to the very last point which was made in case any one sending large sums of cash through the post office , erm , it , it 's been running for a long time |
| 30 | It 's been dripping for weeks and Timmy 's always falling about in the mud . ’ |