Example sentences of "'ve [be] [v-ing] [adv] for " in BNC.

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1 I 've been looking out for you . "
2 Yes , the hindquarter double-muscled trait is important and is the breed 's main attribute , but we 've been looking too for stock with good overall conformation , with loin and fleshing that we feel is vital to any successful terminal sire breed .
3 ‘ I 've been looking everywhere for you . ’
4 I 've been looking everywhere for you .
5 ‘ I 've been looking everywhere for you , ’ Helen snapped .
6 Darling , I 've been looking everywhere for you ! ’
7 Where 've you been Ray , I 've been looking everywhere for you ?
8 Doreen hastened towards them , her face contorted with anger as she exclaimed , ‘ Silas — I 've been searching everywhere for you .
9 I see you 've got no carpets down anywhere the door 's not painted and he said you 've been living here for two years !
10 Mrs Probyn 's husband has told police that the pair , who 've been living apart for several months , had a row .
11 Hell 's teeth , baby — we 've been living together for the last two years or more . ’
12 ‘ I 've been thinking objectively for once . ’
13 I 've been using both for over a year now and the best I 've been able to get is a ratio of 1.8 to 1 .
14 This partly explains why they 've been struggling on for around six years now , but is no excuse in the current climate for them not gaining some long overdue recognition .
15 They 've been hunting here for 150 years .
16 I 've been wandering round for an hour swearing at everbody and everything .
17 I raised with David Ingram at my JAR a matter which I 've been mulling over for a while , arising from my role as Welfare Officer .
18 ‘ So that 's what you 've been hiding away for ! ’
19 I 've been hiding there for ages .
20 Although these are ‘ laboratory ’ specimens , they 've been kicking around for about six months and I 'd expect them to be detected quickly .
21 You 've been mooning about for a few weeks , ’ she chuckled , ruefully .
22 not freehold land freehold buildings we 've been depreciating now for many many years .
23 I ca n't of course foretell er what 's gon na happen in Eastern Europe , but looking externally er at the lower interest rates and the er more competitive value of the pound and internally at the improved cash flow and the actions that we 've been taking over for the past couple of years and I can say that there 's now generally a more optimistic feeling in the air amongst our group companies .
24 Do you think I 've been staying here for the good of my health ?
25 I ca n't believe it , I 've been slagging off for the three weeks this is crap , this is really naff .
26 No-one 's wanted to have a punt and we 've been scrambling about for the odd winner .
27 ‘ I 've been racing around for most of the day .
28 ‘ I got a whole morning off in Bruges , and I guess I 've been making up for it ever since . ’
29 I 've been doing well for the last week , but I took this heavy cold , well from Thursday , since I 've took this heavy cold I 've hardly smoked .
30 JB : It seemed natural that two painters working in the same vicinity with the same painting outlooks should share a studio which we 've been doing now for , how long ?
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