Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] be [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In terms of ideology it is exactly what the FMLN has been fighting for these past seven years . |
| 2 | Allan has been working for Historic Scotland since 1986 and has gained wide-ranging experience including masonry consolidation , hewing and building of all types of stonework at sites throughout Grampian Region and the Shetland Islands . |
| 3 | Bob Peckham has been juggling for 12 years he regularly entertains shoppers in Oxford city centre . |
| 4 | Mr Kemp has been trying for several years to prod the White House into launching a serious anti-poverty programme . |
| 5 | Brian Clough has been trying for several weeks to recapture the man he sees as a key player in his fight to lift Forest off the bottom of the Premier League . |
| 6 | Edith Harlow has been teaching for 40 years and Teachers in this area felt the time was ripe for celebration . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Our factory in Scotland has been going for 15 years ’ says Smillie . |
| 10 | This was the moment Lynch had been building for all his life . |
| 11 | Throughout 1838 , Darwin had been allowing for Lyellian competitive defeats to extinguish some species before their predetermined ageing overcame them . |
| 12 | ‘ It was only an idea he had , based on the way Robert has been behaving for some time . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In his own way , Ted had been building for this moment too . |
| 15 | Manning Jackson had been fretting for several minutes . |
| 16 | Donald and Elinor had been talking for thirty minutes . |
| 17 | Janet Aughton has been battling for two years to get her two sons , Steven who 's 7 , and six year old Jason … moved from the council school they attend in Gloucester.She says the two children are gradually going blind because of a hereditary defect that 's already made her lose her sight . |
| 18 | That is why the peace process , for which Israel has been striving for 44 years , has to be seen as the only viable solution . |
| 19 | By the time he and Norman strode out to try to win the 1986 British Open , Bender had been caddying for eighteen years , having picked up his first serious bag when he was 18 years old . |
| 20 | And then , after he and Owen had been talking for some while , he crooked his finger and called over the boy who had seen |
| 21 | As Mary recovered at home in neighbouring Bakewell yesterday , husband Harold , 85 , a retired engineer , said : ‘ Mary has been driving for 17 years , and is very good . |
| 22 | Henderson had been working for British secret services for 20 years , it was revealed last night . |
| 23 | Recently , Moore had been commentating for London-based Capital Radio at football matches , as well as working as a partner in a sports marketing company , preparing for the 1994 World Cup . |
| 24 | Dowd had been waiting for this man , Matthias McGann , to say his piece . |
| 25 | Jo and Ryan had been dating for six months and had progressed some way beyond parking now . |
| 26 | I mean , dammit all , Charles has been working for 40 years and I 've been working for 22 ’ ) . |
| 27 | Carlson had been wondering for some time what was actually going on . |
| 28 | By then Jeremy had been missing for 11 days . |
| 29 | In point of fact the JCS had been pressing for consistent applications of containment ever since 1947 , had identified US security interests with Nationalist success in China and had declared that , if the Chinese Nationalists were to fall , the US must be prepared to accept eventual Soviet hegemony over Asia . |
| 30 | Lisa had been smoking for twenty years and felt unable to stop for more than a day . |