Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] for his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An iconoclast , Engel may find the job sedate after the hurly-burly of the general election , which he has been covering for his newspaper . |
| 2 | Since Gooding 's detention in Coney Hill , the city 's MP has been campaigning for his transfer to more secure premises . |
| 3 | Mr John McIleree , who served with the Royal Signals for 20 years and now lives at Scotton , near Richmond , has been working for his technology degree since 1973 when he was still in the Army . |
| 4 | He has been waiting for his allowance since first putting in a claim for the new benefit on April 24 , more than six months ago . |
| 5 | Grant got the impression that Larsen must have been waiting for his signal , like a sprinter crouched in his blocks waiting for the starter 's gun to launch him into motion . |
| 6 | He could have been crying for his mummy . |
| 7 | Then in his fifth year at the school , when he ought to have been aiming for his school certificate which was the next and essential passport for that golden educated future , he left abruptly to work as a haberdasher 's assistant in the local Co-operative store . |
| 8 | The man claimed he had been looking for his girlfriend when challenged by staff members . |
| 9 | The last years had been alarming for his chauffeur . |
| 10 | The last years had been alarming for his chauffeur . |
| 11 | They gave him a letter that had been waiting for his arrival . |
| 12 | He had been waiting for his visa for three months . |
| 13 | Mrs Shirley Hayden , headteacher of Our Lady 's school in nearby Crowthorne , Berks , said : ‘ Oliver had been waiting for his mother to pick him up as usual at 3.15pm . |
| 14 | In a way , it was a waste of the cover story Maxim had been kiting for his trip to St Louis , but if it was a step forward … |
| 15 | I have been singing for his lordship of Leicester . |
| 16 | He told Husband he 'd have to consult with the rest of the private Office and maybe even the PM before he could agree to them interrogating you ; he may actually be doing that , for all I know , though I think it 's more likely he 's been waiting for his temper to cool before he briefs you . |