Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [v-ing] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We will want to know if the warning lights had only been flashing for 10 seconds and not 30 . ’ |
| 2 | A number of experiments on bone modification in soil have been initiated , but they have only been running for five years and so far there is no good evidence of any change . |
| 3 | Erm my course has only been running for three years . |
| 4 | Cos it 's only been running for three years |
| 5 | The team has only been going for one term and we have only played two matches against other schools . |
| 6 | Although he has only been rallying for one year he has already appeared on the BBC Top Gear championship series when viewers saw him win his grand touring class . |
| 7 | US giants such as Microsoft have a strong commitment to multimedia CD-ROM publishing have long been searching for suitable properties . |
| 8 | He had obviously been searching for appropriate words of censure during the silence . |
| 9 | Although fitted with an alarm courtesy of the Venice in Peril Fund , this had not been working for some time . |
| 10 | Although the Hervert Laming letter of 13 December 1992 created its own furore about what should be written down , senior managers had already been debating for six months about whether care managers should bluff users and relatives about the money available for them . |
| 11 | The panic buying forced the Moscow city council on May 28 to announce a temporary ban on the sale of food and consumer goods in city shops to anyone unable to produce a Moscow residence permit ( such restrictions had already been operating for many weeks in Leningrad and a number of other cities ) . |
| 12 | If a patent were to be granted to the second business , it could prevent the first from using what it has already been using for some time . |
| 13 | They 've already been walking for several weeks , many carrying their possessions in their school bags . |
| 14 | By the time that came along I had already been playing for some time . |
| 15 | Spare Rib — the UK 's first feminist magazine — had already been going for five years . |
| 16 | Rumours had already been circulating for some time in the movie world that Madonna , whose big new movie will be Body Of Evidence , was discussing a new film with Sr Almodovar . |
| 17 | The Wall Street crash of 1929 was severe enough , by itself , to reduce wealth in the American economy substantially , and thus to cut personal and business spending ( which had already been falling for two months ) . |
| 18 | And again there will be the same erm circumstances that I have just been describing for other people applying here . |
| 19 | A SMALL village business , which is to shortly celebrate its first birthday , has been so successful it could soon be looking for bigger premises . |
| 20 | We expect candidates to communicate effectively — but will not be looking for perfect Business English . |
| 21 | Five of the banks which had been expected to take part in the scheme , however , had on Dec. 20 , 1989 , announced that they would not be participating for commercial reasons , although the following day , John MacGregor , Secretary of State for Education and Science , had stated that the objectives , principles and framework of the scheme remained unchanged . |
| 22 | He was awakened by a seaman who told him that the ship would not be leaving for seven days , and there would be no place for him to hide as timber was being loaded under German supervision . |
| 23 | Chartered accountant worth their salt would certainly not be working for any health service or trust hospital . |
| 24 | Your mother will not be waiting for sixteen years , after all . ’ |
| 25 | But Washington state officials will not be heading for underground shelters as the rocket is loaded with peace messages and pleas for investment . |
| 26 | These hoops can be jumped through quickly if all parties cooperate , but the point is that some potential candidates for the 1990 Edinburgh course will already be looking for possible courses early in 1989 . |
| 27 | IBM meanwhile is looking for other vendor customers and is working with the Open Software Foundation to see how CICS fits in with DCE . |
| 28 | What she longed to ask him was : ‘ Have I ever been missing for any time , Steve ? |
| 29 | Romanians , Czechs and Soviets may still be playing for national honour next summer but they will also be in the shop window and the busiest men in Italy during June will be the agents . |
| 30 | Let us not always be looking for great change . |