Example sentences of "[Wh pn] have been [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crowds at Constitution Dock cheered the owner who has been trying for 20 years to score a major success in this race . |
| 2 | ‘ We can hear the phones , and it saves a trek downstairs , ’ says Sheila , who has been smoking for 25 years . |
| 3 | Mr Vasarhelyi , who has been drawing for 30 years , has also just finished a collection of World Wide Fund for Nature stamps for export to Italy and Iceland . |
| 4 | , 16 , who has been sailing for about seven years , said winning the championship was ‘ a surprise ’ . |
| 5 | Here 's another new model from guy who has been riding for the same big-time company for literally eons . |
| 6 | Jenny Pitman is another who has been waiting for the rain before releasing a very strong team . |
| 7 | But Price , who has been waiting for his first major title since blowing the British Open ten years ago , said : ‘ I learned from his example , watching his Open triumph at Muirfield . ’ |
| 8 | My longcase clocks are entirely handcrafted , with brass and dial work , engraving , silvering , hand piercing and bluing , etc. … undertaken in association with Steve Kelly , the renowned Exeter clockmaker — who has been practising for more than 65 years — and other craft specialists . |
| 9 | But Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown , who has been pressing for CUTS in interest rates , said the rise was ‘ disastrous . ’ |
| 10 | Some disagree with this line of thinking — notably Ichiro Ozawa , the secretary-general of Japan 's ruling party , who has been arguing for Japanese soldiers to be sent to the Gulf in a non-combat role — but they have not had much luck making their case . |
| 11 | The same applies to anyone , tall or short , who has been dieting for a lengthy period already , and generally to those who are only a few pounds overweight . |
| 12 | Butcher , who has been scouting for Sheffield Wednesday , turned out for their reserve side in a 2–1 Pontins League victory over Rotherham . |
| 13 | The district council decision has been welcomed by a Conservative councillor , Alan Trotter , who has been campaigning for action , with regional Councillor Fred Ratky . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I 've discovered who has been paying for my education . |
| 16 | This competition is open to anyone who has been trading for less than three years ( ie since May 1989 ) . |
| 17 | POLICE believe a body washed up on a beach in Kent might be that of a young Essex woman who has been missing for two months . |
| 18 | POLICE are concerned about the safety of a 20-year-old woman who has been missing for a week . |
| 19 | A thrill went through Alice , as when someone who has been talking for a lifetime about unicorns suddenly glimpses one . |
| 20 | ‘ This time was a much more pleasant occasion , ’ said John , 45 , who has been running for the last seven years . |
| 21 | Though Alan Watt is back training , he is not included in GH-K 's 24-strong squad , which includes a French No8 , Franck Gruel , who has been playing for the 2nds . |
| 22 | If someone else is living in your home , for example someone who has been caring for you , this may also mean the value is not taken into account . |
| 23 | ( a ) Children in need Section 20(1) requires every local authority : to provide accommodation for any child in need within their area who appears to them to require accommodation as a result of : ( a ) there being no person who has parental responsibility for him ; ( b ) his being lost or having been abandoned ; or ( c ) the person who has been caring for him being prevented ( whether or not permanently , and for whatever reason ) from providing him with suitable accommodation or care . |
| 24 | The man , who said his name was Dave , told detectives about a friend who 'd been looking for Carol shortly before she died . |
| 25 | Sorry to anyone who 'd been hoping for a match report from Newcastle , but I went home to Wakefield the morning after the game and so did n't get a chance to post one . |
| 26 | Mr Probyn is being questioned about the death of his wife , Tanya , who was 28 , and who 'd been missing for six days before her body was found in her car in the River Severn . |
| 27 | Merlin , who 'd been covering for Paul and protecting the South Sussex 's goal , cleared once again , but Perdita blocked his shot . |
| 28 | The single parent building a home on supplementary benefit does n't have the tools acquired by workers who 've been earning for twenty or forty years . |
| 29 | This includes women who 've been trying for a test tube baby , have a history of pelvic inflammatory disease or sexually transmitted diseases , have suffered previous ectopic pregnancy , or surgery on their tubes , and those who 've had infertility problems . |
| 30 | Arms salesman ; okay the Avenger the Equaliser the Total Fucking Nutter went for the legs too but still , and the editor spiked , and the rapist-lenient judge raped and the pornographer poisoned and stroked and the man who was so callous about the bloodshed in the Iran/Iraq war forced to watch his penned animals die like cattle like soldiers like cattle and then bled to death in his own private fountains of blood and the businessman who put profits before safety and not only helped kill a thousand people but then tried to get out of paying the survivors and dependants any compensation gets his own gas explosion — blevey is the technical term apparently — and fuck me whoever he is ( assuming he is a he ) , he 's got a sense of humour or at least irony why he 's produced what 's almost a snuff video effectively a snuff video if you mean brain-death anyway it 's the closest anyone will admit to ever having seen or found one even the Obscene Pubs Squad who 've been looking for years but although everybody assumes they exist nobody 's ever seen one until old gorilla man comes along and just makes his own , specifically to warn off any other porn merchants thinking of dealing in snuff ! |