Example sentences of "'ve [been] [verb] for [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ You 've been looking for me ? ’ |
2 | They 've been looking for me to take me back . ’ |
3 | He said , ‘ In fact , they 've been looking for him . |
4 | I 've been looking for him all afternoon , but he must have been tied up with work . |
5 | And he said , ‘ Do you know , all my life I 've been looking for somebody who could do everything for three pounds a week . ’ |
6 | ‘ We 've been looking for you for ages , ’ he said . |
7 | ‘ I 've been looking for you everywhere . |
8 | I 've been looking for you everywhere . |
9 | ‘ I 've been looking for you everywhere , ’ he said breathlessly . |
10 | ‘ I 've been looking for you , Tommy . ’ |
11 | " We 've been looking for you , " said Hazel . |
12 | He said , ‘ I 've been looking for you , Charlie . ’ |
13 | ‘ I 've been looking for you all over the house . ’ |
14 | We 've been looking for you for some months . |
15 | ‘ I 've been looking for you everywhere . |
16 | ‘ I 've been looking for you for days , now , ’ he said . |
17 | ‘ I 've been looking for you , ’ said Rachaela . |
18 | I 've been looking for you for years , but I only knew the name that she used to call you — Prince Charming . |
19 | ‘ I 've been looking for you for years — Prince Charming . ’ |
20 | If that 's what you 've been looking for you could have saved yourself the trouble . |
21 | We 've been looking for you everywhere for the past hour ! |
22 | He came over and sat close beside her on the bed , ‘ I 've been looking for you everywhere , Robyn . ’ |
23 | ‘ I 've been looking for you two . |
24 | ‘ We 've been looking for you these five days , and never a sign . |
25 | ‘ I 've been looking for it for years , but I 'm not in charge of promotion and the people senior to me in my department are some of the most brilliant minds in England , and elsewhere for that matter . ’ |
26 | We 've been looking for someone who can cope with the 24-hours-a-day rock ‘ n ’ roll lifestyle . |
27 | Smith said : ‘ I 've been looking for someone to play wide on the right . |
28 | ‘ I 've a rather special wine I 've been saving for you to sample , Naylor , ’ Guthrie addressed his nephew as they began to tuck into a starter of scampi in flaky pastry . |
29 | ‘ So I 've been grieving for him . ’ |
30 | In seven years driving a cab this is the first time I 've been done for anything . |