Example sentences of "have be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | Andrew 's family has been trying for three years to get treatment for him . |
| 32 | A READER writes that she has been trying for weeks to find the outcome of the Prime Minister 's ‘ Taking Stock ’ exercise . |
| 33 | Authorities in Serbia again blocked a UN relief convoy which has been trying for days to reach the besieged Muslim enclave of Srebrenica . |
| 34 | Where Whitehall mandolins would be sat on especially those who were involved in over interpreting general directives from Brussels and this side of the house has been jostling for position I am told , in order to get on the standing committee which is about to start upstairs . |
| 35 | The American versus British female stereotype is a trans-Atlantic difference of opinion that has been raging for decades . |
| 36 | The most direct risk of an Arab exit is an Israeli entry : the very response that Mr Hussein has been hoping for . |
| 37 | Thus , a Keeper of Italian Painting would have responsibility for the Italian drawings , thereby not only linking their administration and scholarly maintenance but also bringing drawing into the direct relationship with painting which Clifford says he has been advocating for many years . |
| 38 | Mr Lindsey said that , from 5 January , S&P were offering a variable Tessa paying an initial 7.5% , against the fixed rate version at 5.875% , which is slightly higher than the average that S&P , as a group , has been forecasting for the financial year beginning in April 1993 . |
| 39 | Northern Ireland has been warring for over 20 years . |
| 40 | Jill Jones seems to fall into that category ( she has been teaching for seven years ) . |
| 41 | Rick has been teaching for twelve years and is Head of Mathematics in a boys ' secondary modern school in a small town , with an intake mainly from middle-class homes . |
| 42 | Edith Harlow has been teaching for 40 years and Teachers in this area felt the time was ripe for celebration . |
| 43 | ‘ Well , he has been caddying for Harley in Europe , and he did win one tournament and finished equal second in the other . |
| 44 | Katie Englehart , the illiterate wife of an American farmer , has been healing for fifteen years . |
| 45 | Faith also has been flying for twenty years . |
| 46 | ‘ We can hear the phones , and it saves a trek downstairs , ’ says Sheila , who has been smoking for 25 years . |
| 47 | I am deeply interested in the row that has been brewing for some time in the heat of the nuclear arms debate , and not only because the key figure is a friend of mine . |
| 48 | Shadow aid Minister Michael Meacher , who is flying to Somalia next week , said : ‘ This famine , which is worse than the Ethiopia one of 1985 , has been brewing for two or three years . |
| 49 | Women , Art and Society is a synthesis of work that has been progressing for twenty years about women and the visual arts . |
| 50 | Work towards this goal has been progressing for some time , culminating in a public launch at a major conference , held in the Forum Hotel , Glasgow on 23 October , 1989 . |
| 51 | She has been childminding for eight years now and has gained an extremely good reputation . |
| 52 | They have set up an AIDS task force , which has been searching for the bug that causes the disease ; they suspect a virus . |
| 53 | The trouble with the right hon. Gentleman is that he has been searching for a way to do nothing about this problem . |
| 54 | Ward has been searching for a winger for some time and last night he was hopeful of clinching a signing on loan . |
| 55 | Irene Macaulay has been searching for peace for a long time . |
| 56 | ‘ The apparel industry has been searching for something new for a long time and this is something which will be exciting . |
| 57 | It has been raining for three days — Oh ! how lovely the caravans were those evenings in Touggourt , when the sun was sinking into the salt . |
| 58 | From the statement " It has been raining for an hour in Chicago " , for example , we are able to infer , using our knowledge of the real world , that the streets of Chicago are wet . |
| 59 | , 16 , who has been sailing for about seven years , said winning the championship was ‘ a surprise ’ . |
| 60 | Because if you do , you can not fail to be deeply impressed by the very many ways in which high-fibre foods can help you to slim , and to come to the conclusion that the F-Plan is that major slimming breakthrough everyone has been seeking for so long . |