Example sentences of "been [v-ing] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It endorsed British industry 's achievements under the policies that we have been pursuing for the past 12 years , urged us to continue and build upon them in future and condemned utterly the sort of policies still advocated by the Labour party , which is stuck in a mind-set of the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 2 | I did not tell him that his imitation of the French was far more like what I had been seeing for the past year . |
| 3 | The gallery ‘ gelbe MUSIK ’ has been catering for the specialists and the curious for ten years and celebrates its anniversary this spring . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | They have n't noticed the so-called economic boom Chile 's been enjoying for the last twenty years . |
| 6 | Dictating condolences to the mother of a murdered husband whom you 've been cuckolding for the last three years would take more than his limited social vocabulary . |
| 7 | But it 's been hanging for the l particular local plan to receive more specific impetu done this exercise properly . |
| 8 | I 've been farming for the last 70 years and never seen anything like it . ’ |
| 9 | Dozens of street musicians have been competing for the title of Britain 's best busker . |
| 10 | Brewers have been competing for the title of Best British Beer at the industry 's own version of the Oscars . |
| 11 | Farmworkers have been competing for the title of Britain 's best ploughman , and a place in the world finals in New Zealand . |
| 12 | You 've all got friends and relations in er other jobs and they 've all been struggling for the last two or three years have n't they ? |
| 13 | Newley and I have been bidding for the same things for years . ’ |
| 14 | Sighing , Tim 's father said the family knew the country had been praying for the 12-year-old . |
| 15 | As an amateur jockey Pip has had eight National hunt wins this season and had been challenging for the Ladies Championship . |
| 16 | Although they have only been trading for the last ten years , they continue the tradition of using a water powered mill which started in the 1800s . |
| 17 | He had been pressing for the opportunity to abandon himself , free of dogma , and here it was . |
| 18 | At the end of this campaign it looked at last as if the time of peace had come , when the Council for which Anselm had been pressing for the past four years could be held with royal support . |
| 19 | The main stumbling block had been the appointment of its chair [ see pp. 37712 ; 37777 ; 37858 ] , a problem temporarily resolved on Dec. 11 when Prince Norodom Sihanouk , who had hitherto been pressing for the chairmanship , called on the SNC to " stop talking about the chairmanship and vice-chairmanship … and have the 12 SNC members , on an equal footing , work for peace " . |
| 20 | He had reportedly been pressing for the USA to distance itself from the peace negotiations and he was therefore opposed to a Washington venue ; he was also known to support a Middle Eastern venue to emphasize the regional , as opposed to the international , nature of the conflict . |
| 21 | Tropical timber producers have been pressing for the ITTA , which expires next year , to be replaced by a comprehensive agreement that also covers wood from temperate forests . |
| 22 | Walker , the England Youth international goalkeeper , who has been deputising for the injured Thorstvedt , gave away a free kick just inside his penalty area by taking too many steps with the ball . |
| 23 | Realistically , I 've been applying for the sort of job that will pay me enough money to keep me going when I retire . |
| 24 | Mr Waterworth worked for an agency and had been driving for the Fewston Transport Company , of Skipton , at the time of the tragedy . |
| 25 | Since he 'd arrived at Montpelier Square he had been listening for the slightest movement elsewhere in the flat . |
| 26 | Although he has been looking for the little creep to beat him up for having steered him wrong , he realises that it is better to be with someone , even someone like Ratso , than to be alone . |
| 27 | You may lose some credibility with the clientele if you demolish him or her with a blitzkrieg attack only to find later that they had been looking for the nearest toilet ! |
| 28 | He had been looking for the Face of Death . |
| 29 | He must have been looking for the keys . |
| 30 | But we have always been looking for the cause of the extra 40 per cent . |