Example sentences of "[pron] [pers pn] 'd [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | For one thing Harlow is the sort of town which I 'd been agitating for both before and after the war whenever I was speaking on behalf of the Labour Party both at street corners and at public meetings on the type of life we vis envisaged for a normal person in the land . |
| 2 | It ran beside a broad , shaded boulevard of feathery pepper trees , and the sudden sight of European-style buildings made him reflect that the jungles , fields and villages through which they 'd been moving for the past few hours had remained unchanging throughout many centuries . |
| 3 | Look , ’ and she opened her handbag and reached inside , ‘ this was one I 'd been saving for him — ’ Her voice cracked and she began to cry . |
| 4 | This was ‘ Ace 's wave ’ , the one he 'd been waiting for all his life . |
| 5 | During that week I felt the Lord speak to me and I knew that this is what I 'd been looking for all my life and I decided to follow Jesus . |
| 6 | Chris had insisted that if he was going to go out there , then so was I. I 'd been searching for a way out all night , but nothing convincing came to mind . |
| 7 | At last she found what she 'd been looking for . |
| 8 | Well , he told Mummy , and now she 's furious , because apparently it 's what she 'd been hoping for . |
| 9 | What we decided to do , because I thought that 's what you 'd been pressing for , was to show that as the equivalent affect of , okay , you think you 're making these profits but you 're actually enjoying services that you 're not paying for . |
| 10 | ‘ I asked what you 'd been doing for the last five years … ’ |
| 11 | That 's what they 'd been fighting for for twenty years . |
| 12 | The Raubvogel had just entered the short tunnel that led out of the cavern , when Katze finally found what he 'd been looking for . |
| 13 | It was in the second of the rooms behind a damp stack of spare mattresses that he found what he 'd been hoping for . |
| 14 | But that was what he 'd been doing for the past several minutes . |