Example sentences of "you have [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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1 | It could be the day you deleted the thesis you 'd been writing for the last year , or the time the system crashed while you were giving a presentation in front of a thousand people . |
2 | So , you did so many miles per hour , we calculated , you would have done so many miles if you 'd been going for a full hour at that speed , so your dis your , your speed , velocity really but we 'll call it speed , right ? |
3 | The trouble was , once you 'd been driving for that long , you drove right through your tiredness and out into a dreamland where only the road was moving . |
4 | ‘ I asked what you 'd been doing for the last five years … ’ |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Whether you have to make urgent repairs to your car or pay for that holiday you 've been saving for , you can get money out of your account without giving us any notice at all — and you wo n't lost any interest . |
7 | As soon as you get the good news you 've been hoping for , accept it . |
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 | Everything they have in that shop is better than the one you 've been wearing for ten years . |
10 | Is n't this what you 've been angling for ever since we crashed ? |
11 | ‘ Dr Williams said , ‘ You 've been spoiling for a fight , now you 've got it ’ ’ . |
12 | yes you 've been promising for weeks |
13 | ‘ You 've been looking for me ? ’ |
14 | If that 's what you 've been looking for you could have saved yourself the trouble . |
15 | The one you 've been looking for for ages ? |
16 | Part-time job that offers the flexibility you 've been looking for . |
17 | Erm it 's an exercise that you 've been asking for . |
18 | ‘ You 've been asking for this all night ! ’ |
19 | ‘ You 've been sleeping for hours , so I thought you might be about ready to get up . ’ |
20 | You mean she thinks you 've been spying for me ! |
21 | Fastext for quick access to teletext and a full function infra-red remote control make this small portable the second set you 've been waiting for ! |
22 | Here 's what you 've been waiting for . |
23 | " This could be the opportunity you 've been waiting for , " she said slowly , her eyes black shadows in her face . |
24 | ‘ It may be the man you 've been waiting for , Master Benjamin , ’ she called across . |
25 | ‘ That 's the call you 've been waiting for , Travis , ’ he said awkwardly , aware of the atmosphere . |
26 | The , the direct debits that you 've been paying for years but you 're not sure where they go to , that sort of thing ? |
27 | In the end , the quacks and medicine men were left with that strange , disembodied feeling you get when you 've been talking for several minutes to someone who is n't there . |
28 | ‘ You 're a bloody good photographer and the work you 've been doing for the last five years proves it . |
29 | ‘ I want to know what you 've been doing for the past four days . ’ |
30 | ‘ What you 've been doing for the past four months ! |