Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] [v-ing] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then obviously I 've been looking for the wrong qualities in my secretaries . ’ |
| 2 | They 've been living for the last ten years in an environment where they expect there to be a high level of occult activity in society . |
| 3 | ‘ As a matter of fact I 've been living for the past two years with a wonderful man . |
| 4 | Then nine tenths of the rubbish they 've been printing for the last few weeks will be seen for what it is . |
| 5 | They 've been expanding for the last four years . |
| 6 | They 've been digging for the chemicals , been tortured and crucified , again and again . |
| 7 | It was found in a garden where they 've been digging for the past six weeks . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I 've been farming for the last 70 years and never seen anything like it . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ You 're a bloody good photographer and the work you 've been doing for the last five years proves it . |
| 11 | ‘ I want to know what you 've been doing for the past four days . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ What you 've been doing for the past four months ! |
| 13 | A game of tag ( see below ) may well be just the thing ; but if they 've just come in from the playground and that 's what they 've been doing for the last fifteen minutes , it would be a bit of a waste of time . |
| 14 | It beats changing nappies , which is what I 've been doing for the last 5 months . |
| 15 | ‘ What the ‘ ell do you think we 've been doin' for the last hour ? ’ asked Tommy . |
| 16 | Because they 've come out with a report saying what we 've been saying for the |
| 17 | Rory , have you heard a single word I 've been saying for the past five mintues ? ’ |
| 18 | We 've been waiting for the knight in shining armour and then there is n't one . |
| 19 | I 've been waiting for the battery to run down . |
| 20 | Well , we 've been waiting for the protractors , we have n't been |
| 21 | Realistically , I 've been applying for the sort of job that will pay me enough money to keep me going when I retire . |
| 22 | Dozens of street musicians have been competing for the title of Britain 's best busker . |
| 23 | Brewers have been competing for the title of Best British Beer at the industry 's own version of the Oscars . |
| 24 | Farmworkers have been competing for the title of Britain 's best ploughman , and a place in the world finals in New Zealand . |
| 25 | If you have been hunting for the perfect diet for a very long time it will be difficult to stop , actually to believe that good weight control can be established without resorting to one special diet that you go on ( and then , and this is the snag , come off again ) . |
| 26 | In addition to controlling the visitors during the parade , they have been collecting for the WRAC Association and the collection boxes must be returned to Corps Headquarters . |
| 27 | As far as Kuwait is concerned we 'd like to see our country free again and this gives us the type of hope we have been wanting for the past six months , and I am sure for the people inside Kuwait — because I was there for about three weeks prior to the after the invasion I was there and I had to escape that country . |
| 28 | In times of exchange rate volatility , such as we have been experiencing for the past few years , most overseas buyers will want to be invoiced in their own currency and avoid any exchange risk . |
| 29 | Police have been looking for the killer of seventy year old Jim Eggleton since his battered body was found five weeks ago . |
| 30 | Mr Clarke effectively slapped down the Cabinet dissenters — John Redwood , Peter Lilley and Michael Portillo — who have been calling for the already-tight £254 billion spending target to be cut . |