Example sentences of "i have been [verb] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been waiting for some opportunity to show off , to draw attention to myself . |
| 2 | I decided to go back to the village , to thank him for all his help , and to carry out a plan I had been considering for some time . |
| 3 | By the time I was twelve years old I had been thinking for some time about getting a bird of my own . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been hired for some zany roles in this metropolis , and a few of them leaned towards the crooked . |
| 5 | Well of course I 've been saying for some time now , for some time , and I want to underline that , and I hope the government are listening that we 've had twenty thousand troops on our streets , we 've twelve thousand armed policemen on our streets , we have the strictest security laws in Western Europe , and none of these things have solved our problem . |
| 6 | ‘ It only proves what I have been saying for some time that this was nothing more than an arranged marriage . |
| 7 | I think I 'm making my point , I have been saying for some time now that given the fact that all that security has n't produced the results , the logic of that is dialogue , and when I see the opportunity as I saw it , of dialogue , direct dialogue with Mr Addams that could lead to a total cessation of this violence , I felt it was my duty to do so . |
| 8 | I have been waiting for some time for hon. Members to refer to my apparel and I am duly flattered . |