Example sentences of "[pers pn] has be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jill Jones seems to fall into that category ( she has been teaching for seven years ) . |
| 2 | She has been childminding for eight years now and has gained an extremely good reputation . |
| 3 | While fashion magazines announce that longer skirts are in style , the princess has again appeared in the multi-coloured striped skirt she has been wearing for more than a year . |
| 4 | A READER writes that she has been trying for weeks to find the outcome of the Prime Minister 's ‘ Taking Stock ’ exercise . |
| 5 | The kennel maid remarked , ‘ There 's something queer about that animal , she has been waiting for you since early this morning . |
| 6 | She has been walking for an hour a day for more than a year , but very slowly . |
| 7 | Ex-St Martin 's ( where she was often the only student in the life room ) , she has been painting for five years , mostly commissions which come from friends . |
| 8 | Moya , a seemingly relaxed woman in her forties , described her attacks , which she has been having for 20 years , as ‘ an enormous blackness and fear , like being held under water ’ . |
| 9 | In the 19 years she has been working for Durham County Council 's social services the number of rehabilitation officers for the visually impaired has dropped to one . |
| 10 | ‘ She has been missing for several days now and we are concerned for her safety , ’ said a Garston police spokesman . |
| 11 | Hopefully , by the time read this , Silver Salmon will be well on the way towards completion of the major engine overhaul she has been longing for ever since our return from Denmark . |
| 12 | It is clear that he has been speaking for some time . |
| 13 | He has been trying for three years and he said today : ‘ Maybe it is because , God knows , I 've had some leg problems and I just can not climb those steps that easily , ’ he joked . |
| 14 | The thing is , he has been using for such a long time . |
| 15 | Although he has been looking for the little creep to beat him up for having steered him wrong , he realises that it is better to be with someone , even someone like Ratso , than to be alone . |
| 16 | He has been looking for pollen , the other standby of people who study ancient plants . |
| 17 | He has been writing for some time , starting with horror , and has more recently turned to the psychological thriller . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , he has been caddying for Harley in Europe , and he did win one tournament and finished equal second in the other . |
| 19 | It was his first medal in the competition , which he has been entering for five years — his previous best placing was ninth in 1990 . |
| 20 | ‘ He has been calling for a … ’ he glanced importantly at his notebook ‘ … |
| 21 | Thus , a Keeper of Italian Painting would have responsibility for the Italian drawings , thereby not only linking their administration and scholarly maintenance but also bringing drawing into the direct relationship with painting which Clifford says he has been advocating for many years . |
| 22 | The trouble with the right hon. Gentleman is that he has been searching for a way to do nothing about this problem . |
| 23 | When Ellcock announced his retirement from first-class cricket at the age of 216 after Middlesex 's pre-season tour to Portugal , he was finally admitting defeat in a struggle to overcome back problems he has been fighting for much of his 10-year career . |
| 24 | Mr Boris Yeltsin , the president of Russia , may have won the battle , but he has not yet won the war he has been fighting for more than half a year with the Congress of People 's Deputies . |
| 25 | An iconoclast , Engel may find the job sedate after the hurly-burly of the general election , which he has been covering for his newspaper . |
| 26 | A survey of the career of Robert Ryman , the American artist noted for the white paintings which he has been making for nearly forty years , is the most significant exhibition of contemporary art to be taking place in London this spring . |
| 27 | Bowie has already made a name for himself as an actor in a string of top movies , including The Hunger and The Man Who Fell To Earth , but this is the TV break he has been waiting for . |
| 28 | He has been waiting for the right offer for some time after turning down an approach from Italian club Pisa several seasons ago . |
| 29 | I feel that he has been waiting for me to get home so he can demonstrate this talent . |
| 30 | 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 . |