Example sentences of "[pron] i [vb base] been [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trouble is my boyfriend , with whom I have been living for six months , thinks I should use the money to pay off our overdraft . |
| 2 | ‘ This is someone I 've been longing for you to meet . |
| 3 | Michael Herr says , ‘ I had an absolute raving love affair with the war , but my other love affair was with America , not with Indo-China ; it was with American energy , which I 've been criticised for , but that 's how it happened ’ . |
| 4 | I live in Scarborough , and some time ago enquired about leisure art classes ; this led to me taking an interview for a full-time art and design course , which I have been accepted for . |
| 5 | The development is being promoted by the City of Edinburgh District Council , although it has not yet progressed to the submission of a planning application on which I have been asked for comments by the District Councils Director of Planning . |
| 6 | For instance having retired to this lovely English village , and assembled my wits and memories to compile this narrative , I have had the satisfaction recently of discovering the original meaning of three common expressions which I have been using for years . |
| 7 | Speaking immediately after his election , John Young said : ‘ I am honoured and delighted to be elected Deputy Vice President and I see it as an opportunity to contribute to some of the serious issues facing the profession , and to represent a body with which I have been involved for much of my life . |
| 8 | Brightest spot : the final , disgraceful death of the opinion poll industry , which I have been campaigning for since 1983 . |
| 9 | And I kept staring at you and thinking , My God , she 's everything I 've been looking for . |
| 10 | That 's the one I 've been looking for ! |
| 11 | ‘ You must be the one , ’ said the young woman , ‘ You must be the one I have been waiting for , who must release me from enchantment . |
| 12 | Demelza , five , of Oakworth , West Yorks , said : ‘ She 's just what I 've been looking for . |
| 13 | I would think that 30 to 40 per cent of my time is spent on what I 've been trained for . |
| 14 | ‘ What I 've been using for about the last five years are Seymour Duncan amps . |
| 15 | It 's just what I 've been hoping for ! |
| 16 | It beats changing nappies , which is what I 've been doing for the last 5 months . |
| 17 | that 's what I 've been waiting for that ten , ten do it again |
| 18 | One way to give ourselves new heart is to go where books and readers meet , and this is what I have been doing for the past year , working in secondary schools on research funded by the British Library . |
| 19 | ‘ This is what I have been waiting for to really make the hotel complete . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ It only proves what I have been saying for some time that this was nothing more than an arranged marriage . |
| 21 | This is exactly what I have been saying for years . ’ |