Example sentences of "[vb past] been [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would all be returning to town in the autumn to meet some sons of good families in Riba ; she 'd been saving for years , money from the pigeons , money from the cheeses , the almonds , her mother 's money when she died — may she rest in peace and perpetual light shine on her — she 'd hidden it from that villainous landlord who 'd strip everyone of their surplus if he knew how much they 'd hoarded , but they 'd never find out , the folk were far too tight to let anyone know , and he , Davide , must not breathe a word . |
| 2 | The man , who said his name was Dave , told detectives about a friend who 'd been looking for Carol shortly before she died . |
| 3 | He 'd been hoping for windows , and a view over the bay or the town . |
| 4 | But it was n't like I 'd imagined — except for the long silences when I 'd been hoping for laughs . |
| 5 | I 'd been caddying for Ralph Moffatt on the pro circuit and got him through the pre-qualifier at Fairhaven , so I told him I 'd be caddying for him in the Open as I 'd heard nothing from Jack . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd been expecting for ages to hear you two were getting engaged . |
| 7 | It was her nail scissors that she 'd been searching for days , lost under the hearthrug and pressing into her hip ; and the cry was also her virginity , small and bewildered and gone . |
| 8 | She 'd been waiting for Christine , but Christine had n't come . |
| 9 | One day in the shop she 'd been waiting for Malcolm 's girlfriend and partner , Vivienne Westwood — they 'd been planning to go somewhere but Vivienne had n't turned up , she 'd phoned to tell this American girl that . |
| 10 | ‘ We 'd been told for years how generous they would be , but when we challenged them , they had nothing for us . |
| 11 | people who 'd been expelled for cannabis , |
| 12 | She 'd been longing for peace and quiet so that she could get on with her carving , and , now that she had it , was standing here like a loon ! |
| 13 | He 'd been driving for days , he 'd forgotten how many , and he was tired of the white lines painted down the middle of the highway , he was tired to the centre of his bones . |
| 14 | Merlin , who 'd been covering for Paul and protecting the South Sussex 's goal , cleared once again , but Perdita blocked his shot . |
| 15 | But it had been fixed for days in its usual place and she was sure they would make for that . |
| 16 | It was enough for the Church that a corpse had been presented for burial . |
| 17 | ( A Challen piano had been presented for use in the church in 1976 . ) |
| 18 | He scored another victory recently when the Labour Party abolished the unions ' block vote in the leadership elections , something he had been advocating for ages . |
| 19 | In April 22 traders were charged with illegal trading , and the Justice Department announced on Aug. 2 that a total of 46 traders had been indicted for futures fraud . |
| 20 | Right at the end a glass pavilion had been built for concerts and parties , and Gran said people had come from as far away as Lancaster . |
| 21 | It had been built for Mr King 's grandfather in the days when he was known as Collector of Mails . |
| 22 | The year Lydia had bought her cottage a young person had died and Lydia had been lost for words , as people are in the face of tragedy . |
| 23 | The sense of being part of a general flux had been lost for years . |
| 24 | Some said at the time that Leviathan had been written for Cromwell , and indeed Hobbes did say that it supported a ‘ conscientious obedience to the present government ’ of the Protectorate . |
| 25 | One ‘ character ’ , Sharon , the schoolgirl who loves ( among other things ) the Brontes , had been written for Sugar and Spite and she did n't depend on rhyme for her humour and seemed less steam-radio-Stanley-Holloway-meets-Flanders-and-Swann-meets-Joyce-Grenfell-old-fashioned . |
| 26 | The strike had erupted on Oct. 3 over the interpretation of a collective labour contract , and a general strike had been planned for Oct. 16 by 100,000 other banana workers affiliated to the Confederation of Honduran Workers in support of those on strike . |
| 27 | This exercise had been planned for September 1992 , but was now brought forward . |
| 28 | Long 's health had been deteriorating for years , but he had kept open his channels of communication ; like Law his influence was based on years of devotion to the interests of the party , and like Law 's that influence had been used to argue the case for coalition . |
| 29 | Only 6 billion had been exchanged for som . |
| 30 | He spoke of the close links what had been forged through trade with Spain and Portugal , whose wines had been exchanged for skins , wool and fish . |