Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun prp] [verb] been [v-ing] for " in BNC.

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1 They have n't noticed the so-called economic boom Chile 's been enjoying for the last twenty years .
2 That game proved to be the turning point in the club 's fortunes , and although there have been too many false dawns already in a thus far unsuccessful return , maybe last night 's victory is the break Kendall has been waiting for .
3 This was the moment Lynch had been building for all his life .
4 IS THIS the dream ticket America has been waiting for — presidential hopeful Bill Clinton and superstar Barbra Streisand ?
5 If it was a turning point in terms of ‘ proving ’ the relationship , it also marked the change in image Kylie had been wanting for such a long time .
6 In fact , he was so happy with the idea that had come to him from the writer , Peter Shaffer , he began the serious rethink of his career which friends like Lance Percival had been thinking for some time was overdue .
7 ‘ It was only an idea he had , based on the way Robert has been behaving for some time .
8 Time Warner has been looking for a high-technology partner since 1991 , when it sold smaller stakes in TWE to two Japanese firms , Toshiba and ITOCHU ( then known as C. Itoh ) .
9 A baby — and the designer Edouard had been searching for so long .
10 He has lived in this pleasant suburb 45 years , entirely unaware that Kirk , Keef , Claptout and all of Led Zeppelin had been looking for him to apologise for stealing his songs and to pay him much-needed royalties .
11 When she was most irritated by Caro 's holier-than-thou , most nearly offended by how stupid/insensitive Caro must think her , with her ‘ what a world you live in ’ , and was thinking ‘ How young , how predictable , how limited you are , ’ came the twist in the conversation , the unexpected note , that looking back along the line of the conversation , was the note Caro had been heading for all the time .
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