Example sentences of "[vb -s] [been] [v-ing] for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Private Patients Plan , Britain 's second largest health insurer , has been calling for government intervention to stop the HCA takeover since it was announced in June .
2 People are realising what particularly the Belfast group has been preaching for years , that early availability of resuscitation is tremendously important .
3 Authorities in Serbia again blocked a UN relief convoy which has been trying for days to reach the besieged Muslim enclave of Srebrenica .
4 Karen Gorbutt , 30 , from South London , has been trying for years to get her partner , Matthew Allen , 30 , to be considerate around the house .
5 A READER writes that she has been trying for weeks to find the outcome of the Prime Minister 's ‘ Taking Stock ’ exercise .
6 Where Whitehall mandolins would be sat on especially those who were involved in over interpreting general directives from Brussels and this side of the house has been jostling for position I am told , in order to get on the standing committee which is about to start upstairs .
7 The American versus British female stereotype is a trans-Atlantic difference of opinion that has been raging for decades .
8 ‘ Well , he has been caddying for Harley in Europe , and he did win one tournament and finished equal second in the other .
9 Irene Macaulay has been searching for peace for a long time .
10 He has been looking for pollen , the other standby of people who study ancient plants .
11 Meanwhile , Burlington , Massachusetts-based Object Design Inc will ship the Object Access software it has been developing for Progress 4GL in June .
12 Our share of world trade has been falling for years under successive governments to the extent that the purchasing power of our currency has roughly halved since 1945 .
13 The Merseyside Police Raft Race has been running for years and during that time has raised vast sums for local charities .
14 There has been a marked increase in the number of women working in isolated areas and the G M B has been campaigning for improvements in safety on public transport , a campaign which must continue .
15 The district council decision has been welcomed by a Conservative councillor , Alan Trotter , who has been campaigning for action , with regional Councillor Fred Ratky .
16 They 'll let you do a activity , this has been going for years but they wo n't let you .
17 But Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown , who has been pressing for CUTS in interest rates , said the rise was ‘ disastrous . ’
18 IDG World Expo is trying to pull together a Unix Fair ‘ 93/Tokyo for December 8 to 10 at the Pacifico Yokohama and has been touting for prospects for the show at UniForum .
19 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 .
20 The brew is still fermented for days , using the same yeast which has been working for years and years .
21 Charlemagne has been fighting for years in Spain , and has almost completed its conquest from the Saracens .
22 ‘ This thing has been smouldering for years and now it 's finally broken through .
23 Lesley saw it more as a letting-off of repressed energy : ‘ I think this thing has been smouldering for years and now it 's finally broken through .
24 The public has been rebelling for years .
25 The American navy has been tinkering for decades with ‘ silent drives ’ to out-fox the sonars on enemy ships .
26 The squadron has been preparing for action for the past 2 weeks .
27 Dubrovnik has been suffering for months in the Yugoslavian civil war .
28 The Chancellor has been waiting for Father Christmas since the spring , and I do not think that Father Christmas will arrive for him before 25 December .
29 A case involving a company called Coloroll has been waiting for resolution by the European Court .
30 Thus ( 15a ) presupposes that the person referred to by I has been waiting for news about someone whom he thought to be in danger , whereas ( 15b ) does not , and might be said rather by someone who is comparing himself with other people who do not know this fact .
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