Example sentences of "'s be [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her tone is soothing , her whispers slide like sighs , but gently she is uncovering the reproach she 's been hiding for days . |
| 2 | ‘ Creed 's been looking for you . ’ |
| 3 | Do n't you want to know why he 's been looking for you ? ’ |
| 4 | For years he 's been looking for something to put his madness into . |
| 5 | No wonder he 's been looking for an excuse to get rid of you . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I know he 's been looking for you . |
| 7 | ‘ Everyone 's been looking for you ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ There is a man next door who 's been looking for a job at least five years . |
| 9 | Bob Sillitoe says that since he came back from Kilimanjaro he 's been looking for something else … another challenge … the climbing has given his son a great sense of confidence |
| 10 | It 's a time bomb that 's been ticking for centuries and the fuse has always been gold . |
| 11 | It 's been treated for burns but is expected to survive even without it 's mother . |
| 12 | He 's just joined the Squadron but he 's been flying for two years . ’ |
| 13 | She says that she 's been flying for three years . |
| 14 | ‘ She 's been calling for you , ’ Sister Duggan told him . |
| 15 | His lordship 's been calling for you . ’ |
| 16 | The effect of these new measures will be to allow a substantial acceleration and simplification , which everybody 's been calling for , of decision making in asylum and immigration cases . |
| 17 | The school 's been lobbying for new buildings for several years . |
| 18 | They have n't noticed the so-called economic boom Chile 's been enjoying for the last twenty years . |
| 19 | Your flat 's been bugged for the past two months . ’ |
| 20 | It 's been devastating for those who 've cared for Sefton . |
| 21 | do you want a cup of tea that 's been stewing for three days ? |
| 22 | Listen , Bill — the boy 's been training for a few weeks , and it 's time he did some work . |
| 23 | It was , after all , a throat infection and he 's been training for the past week . ’ |
| 24 | It 's been arranged for a very long time . ’ |
| 25 | Ottawa , Canada-based 4GL software supplier Cognos Inc is about to consummate the moves into Unix and distributed computing it 's been flagging for a year , with the planned Six By Six launch of six products on six Unix platforms in August . |
| 26 | Instead , she 's been saved for the moment by an old-fashioned storyteller , worth millions — George Lucas of Star Wars . |
| 27 | She 's been speaking for the first time on camera following her release from prison , exclusively to Central News . |
| 28 | Then he said , ‘ The decision 's been made for you . ’ |
| 29 | And that 's a traditional one that 's been made for in a modern , modern colour . |
| 30 | A fresh appeal 's been made for witnesses to the murder of teenager who was stabbed to death at a social services office . |