Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] been [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In terms of ideology it is exactly what the FMLN has been fighting for these past seven years . |
| 2 | Allan has been working for Historic Scotland since 1986 and has gained wide-ranging experience including masonry consolidation , hewing and building of all types of stonework at sites throughout Grampian Region and the Shetland Islands . |
| 3 | Bob Peckham has been juggling for 12 years he regularly entertains shoppers in Oxford city centre . |
| 4 | For years , Costa Rica has been calling for the extradition of US citizen John Hull , charged with premeditated homicide , drugs and arms trafficking , along with other criminal acts including participation in the 1984 bombing of a news conference at La Penca , in which six died . |
| 5 | Mr Kemp has been trying for several years to prod the White House into launching a serious anti-poverty programme . |
| 6 | Brian Clough has been trying for several weeks to recapture the man he sees as a key player in his fight to lift Forest off the bottom of the Premier League . |
| 7 | Danielle has been writing for only 12 or so . |
| 8 | Ward has been searching for a winger for some time and last night he was hopeful of clinching a signing on loan . |
| 9 | Edith Harlow has been teaching for 40 years and Teachers in this area felt the time was ripe for celebration . |
| 10 | This , then is the state of affairs which Rigoberta Menchu has been trying for the past 11 years to bring to the world 's attention — an almost impossible task , given the fact that for most of that time the international press found Nicaragua and El Salvador much more diverting . |
| 11 | A case involving a company called Coloroll has been waiting for resolution by the European Court . |
| 12 | Time Warner has been looking for a high-technology partner since 1991 , when it sold smaller stakes in TWE to two Japanese firms , Toshiba and ITOCHU ( then known as C. Itoh ) . |
| 13 | Marie had been waiting for him out in the car-park . |
| 14 | Gryschenko had been missing for more than two days . |
| 15 | Was this what Edward had been waiting for ? |
| 16 | But he had barely been gone for an hour when there came the signal that Thorfinn had been waiting for . |
| 17 | In fact , he was so happy with the idea that had come to him from the writer , Peter Shaffer , he began the serious rethink of his career which friends like Lance Percival had been thinking for some time was overdue . |
| 18 | If it was a turning point in terms of ‘ proving ’ the relationship , it also marked the change in image Kylie had been wanting for such a long time . |
| 19 | Previously , Mr Ntoni-Nzinga had been studying for a doctorate in theology and anthropology in Manchester , UK . |
| 20 | ‘ Creed 's been looking for you . ’ |
| 21 | Actually , Becky 's been asking for you , Rourke . |
| 22 | Northern Ireland has been warring for over 20 years . |
| 23 | ‘ Our factory in Scotland has been going for 15 years ’ says Smillie . |
| 24 | Touche Ross has been looking for an acquisition to accelerate the growth of its information technology business for some eighteen months . |
| 25 | This was the moment Lynch had been building for all his life . |
| 26 | He has lived in this pleasant suburb 45 years , entirely unaware that Kirk , Keef , Claptout and all of Led Zeppelin had been looking for him to apologise for stealing his songs and to pay him much-needed royalties . |
| 27 | Professor Alex McDougall , convener of the institute 's VAT sub-committee , said ICAS had been pressing for Customs and Excise and the VAT tribunal to have to power to mitigate penalties . |
| 28 | CHC had been saying for a long time , and it seemed to be falling on deaf ears that a date should be set for the closure of Friern and that money should not be spent on the hospital but on services in the community . |
| 29 | Throughout 1838 , Darwin had been allowing for Lyellian competitive defeats to extinguish some species before their predetermined ageing overcame them . |
| 30 | If Ebert had been paying for Axel 's debauchery , the chances were that he was behind the death of the girl . |