Example sentences of "'ve been [v-ing] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We 've been looking for this car as part of a murder investigation .
2 ‘ But I am a bit disappointed that while we 've been appealing for new directors nobody from the town has come forward . ’
3 Register Office , handful of guests , parents optional , drink-up at couple 's house ( in which they 've been living for several years already ) .
4 And I 've been living for seven years !
5 Everything they have in that shop is better than the one you 've been wearing for ten years .
6 ‘ Lucky devil , I 've been trying for eight years and still have n't cracked it yet . ’
7 We 've been trying for some time to employ as many players as possible during the winter , and this sponsorship means that it should be possible to take the worry of finding winter employment away from virtually all of them .
8 ‘ I 've been trying for forty years and the margin of error 's still about eighty per cent . ’
9 I 've been cooking for 7 years now , including my school , my cookery school .
10 All except , I can see , you know when they 've been asking for this money ?
11 Well obviously there is change and one of the things that we 've been doing for International Women 's celebrations during March , because we 're having a whole month of activities , is
12 she said ‘ We 've been going for two months with very long hours . ’
13 They 've been going for twenty years and er there 's er school is very much , I would have put you straight into schools
14 ‘ Take my word for it , I 've been going for 30 years since the well was a bucket in a hole in the ground , and there is plenty of water , ’ she said .
15 We 've been feeling for some time that our children are feeling that they 've been left alone , because er when they come to the temple they are too young to understand anything which is being explained from the stage , because er the speakers , or the preachers , have to cater for all the age groups and normally it 's for the , those who understand , already understand about Sikhism .
16 I 've been meaning for many weeks now to pass on 's French address , which filtered through to us in January — but of course you may already have had it from or heard from Janet yourself .
17 ‘ It 's what we 've been working for all season , ’ said the delighted Whitham , who now has his sights set on the international scene for 1994 , either in Superbikes or the 500cc Grand Prix series .
18 In the end , the quacks and medicine men were left with that strange , disembodied feeling you get when you 've been talking for several minutes to someone who is n't there .
19 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 .
20 ‘ I 've been waiting for two hours . ’
21 Like here in the north of Australia , I 've been waiting for two days for the light I need for a shot of some valleys .
22 I 've been waiting for this day all week .
23 I just said , goodness , I said we 've been waiting for this parcel since before Christmas and he says oh have you duck .
24 I 've been waiting for this chance since the days of the Witch of Endor .
25 I 've been waiting for this moment all week .
26 I 've been waiting for forty years for it
27 Oxford ca n't grumble they 've been winning for 15 years … its Cambridge 's turn but Oxford will be back on top next year
28 I 've been playing for ten years and never hit a hole in one before — now I 've hit two . ’
29 ‘ I 've been running for several years but only up to half marathon distance , ’ he says .
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