Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] [pers pn] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't mind admitting I 've been wanting to meet you for some time . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I have been waiting to pick him for some time but our form was not good and it was not easy on Dion living in hotels . |
| 3 | How many men are you going to give me for this work ? ’ |
| 4 | Now , where did you say you were going to take me for that drink ? ’ |
| 5 | Having known him for many months in Vancouver , and relishing his word-pictures of Yukon characters like ‘ dangerous Dan McGrew ’ and ‘ the lady known as Lou ’ , I tried to see in Service 's eyes the modern Yukon nearly half a century after the gold rush . |
| 6 | I had an apartment on the third floor , overlooking the square and the end of the Avenida Jose Antonio de Rivera round which I would watch Dana coming to join me for another afternoon of poetry . |
| 7 | They had been trying to contact her for several days . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh Simon ! ’ he said , looking at my face as if he was trying to memorize it for some exam . |
| 9 | When you said you had been ‘ meaning to ask me for some time ’ , did you mean over the five and a half lonely years to date of my grass widowhood or merely since I 've had no car and no earnings ? |