Example sentences of "have [been] [v-ing] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | See I 've been coming for years with mouth ulcers . |
| 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 | The American versus British female stereotype is a trans-Atlantic difference of opinion that has been raging for decades . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The Merseyside Police Raft Race has been running for years and during that time has raised vast sums for local charities . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | They 'll let you do a activity , this has been going for years but they wo n't let you . |
| 11 | But Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown , who has been pressing for CUTS in interest rates , said the rise was ‘ disastrous . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The brew is still fermented for days , using the same yeast which has been working for years and years . |
| 14 | Charlemagne has been fighting for years in Spain , and has almost completed its conquest from the Saracens . |
| 15 | ‘ This thing has been smouldering for years and now it 's finally broken through . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The public has been rebelling for years . |
| 18 | The American navy has been tinkering for decades with ‘ silent drives ’ to out-fox the sonars on enemy ships . |
| 19 | Dubrovnik has been suffering for months in the Yugoslavian civil war . |
| 20 | This system has been evolving for centuries , first for bourgeoisies all over the world , then spreading to the working classes in the First World , and slowly but surely penetrating to all those with disposable income everywhere . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He 'd been hoping for windows , and a view over the bay or the town . |
| 23 | But it was n't like I 'd imagined — except for the long silences when I 'd been hoping for laughs . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd been expecting for ages to hear you two were getting engaged . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The ARC marked the start of a liveaboard adventure that the Codd 's had been planning for years . |
| 28 | If it was n't exactly political pessimism of the order of ‘ mourir pour Danzig ’ it must have been alarming for Americans to hear from High Commissioner Pignon 's diplomatic adviser of the feeling that French interests were not important enough to die for because the country was being given over to the Vietnamese and when the war was over French influence would have disappeared . |
| 29 | It could have been leaking for months . |
| 30 | Mr Stein would have been looking for chefs , receptionists , back-room staff , chambermaids , gardeners , laundry workers , bar staff , waiters … ’ |