Example sentences of "have [been] [v-ing] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | See I 've been coming for years with mouth ulcers . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | People are realising what particularly the Belfast group has been preaching for years , that early availability of resuscitation is tremendously important . |
| 4 | Authorities in Serbia again blocked a UN relief convoy which has been trying for days to reach the besieged Muslim enclave of Srebrenica . |
| 5 | Karen Gorbutt , 30 , from South London , has been trying for years to get her partner , Matthew Allen , 30 , to be considerate around the house . |
| 6 | A READER writes that she has been trying for weeks to find the outcome of the Prime Minister 's ‘ Taking Stock ’ exercise . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The American versus British female stereotype is a trans-Atlantic difference of opinion that has been raging for decades . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , he has been caddying for Harley in Europe , and he did win one tournament and finished equal second in the other . |
| 10 | Irene Macaulay has been searching for peace for a long time . |
| 11 | He has been looking for pollen , the other standby of people who study ancient plants . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , Burlington , Massachusetts-based Object Design Inc will ship the Object Access software it has been developing for Progress 4GL in June . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The Merseyside Police Raft Race has been running for years and during that time has raised vast sums for local charities . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The district council decision has been welcomed by a Conservative councillor , Alan Trotter , who has been campaigning for action , with regional Councillor Fred Ratky . |
| 17 | They 'll let you do a activity , this has been going for years but they wo n't let you . |
| 18 | But Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown , who has been pressing for CUTS in interest rates , said the rise was ‘ disastrous . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The brew is still fermented for days , using the same yeast which has been working for years and years . |
| 22 | Charlemagne has been fighting for years in Spain , and has almost completed its conquest from the Saracens . |
| 23 | ‘ This thing has been smouldering for years and now it 's finally broken through . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The public has been rebelling for years . |
| 26 | The American navy has been tinkering for decades with ‘ silent drives ’ to out-fox the sonars on enemy ships . |
| 27 | The squadron has been preparing for action for the past 2 weeks . |
| 28 | Dubrovnik has been suffering for months in the Yugoslavian civil war . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | A case involving a company called Coloroll has been waiting for resolution by the European Court . |