Example sentences of "[verb] been [v-ing] for the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The territorial assembly has been calling for the tests to stop until proper health studies are done . |
| 2 | The gallery ‘ gelbe MUSIK ’ has been catering for the specialists and the curious for ten years and celebrates its anniversary this spring . |
| 3 | He must have been looking for the keys . |
| 4 | In some sense Angela may have been paying for the assets — they had assets valued at £600,000 then , most of it in the lease on the building . |
| 5 | The gunman is believed to have been waiting for the women and chidren to come out of the shop . |
| 6 | Yet it was just here that friction and innovation entered , for since the eleventh century church theorists — theologians and particularly canon lawyers — and successive popes had been claiming for the clergy immunities and privileges quite distinct from lay expectations . |
| 7 | He had been working for the Cyrenians at an annex to the Simon House Hostel for the Homeless in Rectory Road Oxford . |
| 8 | But the Cossacks had been fighting for the Germans and the British Army 's main concern in Austria in May 1945 was to comply with the Yalta agreement ordering repatriation so that the Russians would honour a promise to return British prisoners of war . |
| 9 | Due to the fact that his marriage had been heading for the rocks ? |
| 10 | As an amateur jockey Pip has had eight National hunt wins this season and had been challenging for the Ladies Championship . |
| 11 | They 've been digging for the chemicals , been tortured and crucified , again and again . |
| 12 | Well , we 've been waiting for the protractors , we have n't been |
| 13 | But most of us have been waiting for the results of the Concorde trial . ’ |
| 14 | The students have been preparing for the assessments using open learning materials developed by Telford College . |