Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have been pursuing proposals for some time . |
| 2 | I had been seeing Jessica for twelve months before she admitted to herself that her lover would never come back . |
| 3 | Get titles right as well and if you are using initials for long names always spell out the name at least once . |
| 4 | The Brazilians are producing lapachol for oral administration as part of a drug therapy for cancer , and the authorities have approved it for clinical trials in humans . |
| 5 | Heseltine 's campaign team , having been canvassing backbenchers for several weeks , had already developed a considerable momentum . |
| 6 | I have been producing guidebooks for fifteen years and I have never thought of that . |
| 7 | SunSoft OEMs Solbourne Computer Inc , CompuAdd Corp , Toshiba Corp and Hyundai Electronic Inc are targeting deliveries for next year . |
| 8 | It was a process which had been gathering momentum for some time and has continued since . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , a working party report urging positive action on equal opportunities by the Scottish Law Society has been gathering dust for more than a year . |
| 10 | These schools have been using microcomputers for three years and have had substantial teacher training , provision of materials and other support services from the ILEA . |
| 11 | Second , almost three-quarters of these interviewees had been using heroin for two years or less by the start of the prevalence study period . |
| 12 | Born in 1908 , Maitre Lelièpvre has been drawing horses for most of his life , and sold his first painting at the age of eight . |
| 13 | In the shadow of the chimneys which are bringing prosperity for some they eke out whatever living they can . |
| 14 | In closing the hospitals the health authority has been purchasing care for those people that let you care for them in a variety of settings and support . |
| 15 | More and more teenagers are becoming vegetarian for those reasons . |
| 16 | I 've been on this circuit for six months now , but I 've been driving cabs for twenty-four years . |
| 17 | We did if I can give some background we did actually target er twelve thousand , five hundred mailer shots for this meeting this evening I 'm not sure what the people here are representing percentage for that and we also targeted over about a hundred organisations with mailing shots telling people the meetings on this evening . |
| 18 | It is a work that could have been written by a man who 'd been writing operas for twenty years and it introduced me to Ben 's remarkable sense of theatre . |
| 19 | In the meantime , all four major further education teacher training centres in England — Huddersfield and Wolverhampton Polytechnics , Bolton Institute of Higher Education , and Garnett College have been developing proposals for pre-service courses leading to a BEd . |
| 20 | The approach is particularly likely to be suitable for patients who are seeking help for social and personal problems , and should therefore be useful for many situations encountered by social workers , general practitioners , and those involved in marital counselling , bereavement counselling , and the care of adolescents . |
| 21 | C E C are seeking reference for four three four and I call Paul . |
| 22 | Clive Calver notes four things in its favour : ‘ One — it sets goals and avoids the waffle of ‘ we are seeking God for spiritual growth ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ Edinvar has been serving tenants for 20 years and Link has been a landlord for nearly 30 years , so we both have a long history of putting tenants first . ’ |
| 24 | The base has been training airmen for more than half a century . |
| 25 | Ipswich Airport is due to close , and even before it does lack of facilities at the grass airfield are causing problems for European industrialists planning to open plants in the area . |
| 26 | A woman who knew her told the court the girl had been abusing solvents for some time . |
| 27 | So , there 's that to consider as well if you 're writing spreadsheets for other people . |
| 28 | The Box Office is not only selling tickets for now , they 're getting custom for future events like visiting ballet companies and comedians . |
| 29 | The Malvern Hills have been looked after by the Conservators for around one hundred and ten years.Now they 're asking Parliament for more powers.And it 's that request which has led to controversy . |
| 30 | Right okay so when you 're performing test for structural change , right , if you just erm go through the simple estimation routine as we 've done the way you think . |