Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let us assume that agents have been flirting for a while with the use of the adaptive expectations mechanism but that , in the light of the persistent , systematic errors which this mechanism entails , they quickly abandon it . |
| 2 | The woman , who is married and lives in Formby , Sefton , said : ‘ I have been trying for a child for 19 years . |
| 3 | Wildlife groups such as the Worldwide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) have been pushing for a ban on fishing , but have been strongly opposed by the fishing industry . |
| 4 | Dozens of street musicians have been competing for the title of Britain 's best busker . |
| 5 | Brewers have been competing for the title of Best British Beer at the industry 's own version of the Oscars . |
| 6 | Farmworkers have been competing for the title of Britain 's best ploughman , and a place in the world finals in New Zealand . |
| 7 | The opposition , a diverse and mostly respectable group of people who have been clamouring for a bit of say in the new Kuwait , did not get even a token position . |
| 8 | ‘ Rail services in the North-East have been deteriorating for a number of years with reduced frequencies , later first trains and earlier last trains , ’ he said . |
| 9 | I have been looking for a recording ( with some difficulty ) , since not many shops are prepared to let me listen to different interpretations ) , indeed I purchased the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden/Marc Ermler offering only to be disappointed , all because I wanted CD sound quality to replace a home-made cassette of a live Radio 3 broadcast ( should I be telling you this ? ) |
| 10 | Scientific director Gordon McVie said : ‘ We have been looking for a link between diet and cancer for 20 years now and this could be it . |
| 11 | Darlington councillor Frank Robson , chairman of the town 's twinning sub-committee , said : ‘ We already have twin towns in Germany and France and have been looking for a twin in Eastern Europe for some time . |
| 12 | Everton have been looking for a target man to bring out the best in Mo Johnston and Peter Beardsley . |
| 13 | Police have been looking for the killer of seventy year old Jim Eggleton since his battered body was found five weeks ago . |
| 14 | Belfast Women 's Aid , and other pressure groups , have been lobbying for the clarification of the law since a judgement in 1991 , by Mr Justice Petrie , recorded that a breach of an order was a civil matter . |
| 15 | A serious inquiry into the theory that almost all Australians had no fathers and have been searching for a father figure ever since , only to find it in their own persons , with resultant confusion . |
| 16 | Young musicians have been auditioning for a music academy which plans to become a new centre of excellence for the arts . |
| 17 | ‘ I have been saving for a while now , ’ Yanto began , ‘ and by tonight I shall have a hundred and fifty . |
| 18 | Two of Japan 's three private satellite communications companies will probably merge to avoid excess competition against each other , Reuter reports from Tokyo , quoting a spokesman for Japan Communications Satellite Co Inc : he said that C Itoh & Co and Mitsui & Co Ltd , major shareholders in his company , have been negotiating for the merger with Nissho Iwai Corp and Sumitomo Corp , main shareholders of Satellite Japan Corp since last year because of falling orders for the services for the two groups ; Hughes Communications Co Ltd is expected to take the opportunity to sell its 30% in stake in Japan Communications Satellite and withdraw from Japan 's communications market . |
| 19 | Consequently , they 're always coming in a bit behind the boys because the boys have been playing for a bit longer , and I think it 's very important that if girls are being offered the opportunity that the opportunity is good for them , and that it 's not going to put them off the game of football because they 're always in the position where the boys consider themselves a bit better . |
| 20 | In the biggest-ever inquiry of its kind , 30 police officers have been working for a year , taking 1,500 statements from youngsters . |
| 21 | Many people find that they return to the same company over and over again , or take up a permanent job offer at a place they have been working for a while . |
| 22 | ‘ I have been working for a moment like this for nine years and finally it has arrived . |
| 23 | I have been working for a moment like this for nine years and finally it has arrived . |
| 24 | During the time I have been working for the playgroup I have come into contact with about 200 children . |
| 25 | While women in the West have been fighting for the right to be accepted as builders , train drivers , engineers and scientists . |
| 26 | The length of time they have been waiting for a house or factors such as overcrowding and damp are far more important than marital status , Mrs Smith said . |
| 27 | I have been waiting for a lift for four hours . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's as if people have been waiting for the Autumn Statement . ’ |
| 29 | Citizens ' Action and other environmental groups have been pressing for a broadening of the reporting requirements , so as to give a more accurate of pollution levels . |
| 30 | As you will know the local residents and visitors have been pressing for a footpath along Gubberford Lane for many years . |