Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] for [det] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't know what he meant , ’ Allen said after they had been walking for some time on the soft turf at the verge of the track . |
| 2 | Good God , Teddy , the US arms industry has been praying for this war for years . |
| 3 | Several of the Board 's leading civil servants had been pressing for more equality in provision . |
| 4 | We 've been looking for this car as part of a murder investigation . |
| 5 | The City and the Confederation of British Industry had been looking for some indication of earlier participation in the exchange rate mechanism of the EMS . |
| 6 | I 've been waiting for this chance since the days of the Witch of Endor . |
| 7 | It was as if she had been waiting for this moment for four years or more . |
| 8 | She 'd been waiting for this moment for so long , and all she could do , now that it had finally arrived , was think the worst of him , instead of simply being happy to see him again . |
| 9 | I have been waiting for some time for hon. Members to refer to my apparel and I am duly flattered . |
| 10 | Environmental organizations have been calling for some time for the incorporation of environmental criteria into the various CAP support mechanisms . |
| 11 | Both countries had been speaking for some time of their desire to improve relations , without making much progress . |
| 12 | It caps a deal that 's been brewing for some time for the pair to co-develop products this year that let Windows applications run on Unix desktops . |
| 13 | It caps a deal that 's been brewing for some time for the pair to co-develop products this year that enable Windows applications to run under Unix on desktop systems . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Speaking to The Art Newspaper , Drouot chairman Joel-Marie Millon said : ‘ We have been asking for this measure for years . |
| 16 | A particularly influential way of studying them was outlined by Ninian Smart , one of the first members of the Shap Working Party which has been campaigning for this approach since the early 1970s : religions each have at least six dimensions : doctrinal , mythological , ethical , ritual , experiential and social . |
| 17 | She had brushed aside the congratulations of her gynaecologist when he said , ‘ Most women would have been screaming for some kind of relief long before now . ’ |
| 18 | By the time I was twelve years old I had been thinking for some time about getting a bird of my own . |
| 19 | Rumours had already been circulating for some time in the movie world that Madonna , whose big new movie will be Body Of Evidence , was discussing a new film with Sr Almodovar . |