Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I appear to have been writing for years , and yet not one sentence has been completed . |
| 2 | He seemed to have been moving for an immeasurable time . |
| 3 | Their clothes were an abrasive barrier between them , and her hands were as urgent as his as she peeled off the same black dress she seemed to have been wearing for the past century . |
| 4 | He seemed to have been driving for ever . |
| 5 | Despite the widespread feeling that there had been a victory for parental rights , many of the Dewsbury parents claimed to have been acting for the sake of their children . |
| 6 | He certainly seems to have been asking for something , if not something quite as drastic as he got . |
| 7 | The gunman is believed to have been waiting for the women and chidren to come out of the shop . |
| 8 | The new presumption of guilt is most explicit in the 1985 Wildlife and Countryside Act : ‘ If , in any proceedings for an offence , there is evidence from which it could reasonably be concluded that the accused was digging for a badger , he shall be presumed to have been digging for a badger unless the contrary is shown . ’ |
| 9 | He claims to have been paddling for 26 years , not bad for a 32 year old . |