Example sentences of "'ve [been] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been looking for a pair of doctor martins ca n't find any . |
| 2 | That is erm whenever people look for an analysis of something , here I 've been looking for an analysis of individuation , there 's a tendency to consider candidate analyses one by one , singulatum . |
| 3 | ‘ Then obviously I 've been looking for the wrong qualities in my secretaries . ’ |
| 4 | I 've been saving for a long time with Alma |
| 5 | They 've been living for the last ten years in an environment where they expect there to be a high level of occult activity in society . |
| 6 | ‘ As a matter of fact I 've been living for the past two years with a wonderful man . |
| 7 | Then nine tenths of the rubbish they 've been printing for the last few weeks will be seen for what it is . |
| 8 | They 've been expanding for the last four years . |
| 9 | They 've been digging for the chemicals , been tortured and crucified , again and again . |
| 10 | It was found in a garden where they 've been digging for the past six weeks . |
| 11 | This includes women who 've been trying for a test tube baby , have a history of pelvic inflammatory disease or sexually transmitted diseases , have suffered previous ectopic pregnancy , or surgery on their tubes , and those who 've had infertility problems . |
| 12 | Dictating condolences to the mother of a murdered husband whom you 've been cuckolding for the last three years would take more than his limited social vocabulary . |
| 13 | like if you ever work in a children 's ward you can always tell the children that 've been hospitalised for a great length of time cos you can do anything with them |
| 14 | I 've been farming for the last 70 years and never seen anything like it . ’ |
| 15 | I 've been pushing for a long time but erm down here ? |
| 16 | They 've been engaged for a year , and it was decided the wedding could take place during August , when there is just routine spraying and pruning to be done , well before the vendange itself , when I can not do without him . ’ |
| 17 | They 've been calling for an alternative route to the A 421 since World War Two . |
| 18 | Aggie 's friend knows about him , but , as he said , they ca n't pin anything on to him ; they 've been tryin' for a long time . |
| 19 | Of course not , they 've been elected for a period , they serve to the end of that period , whether they 're made redundant or not , so they go on for the four year term . |
| 20 | ‘ Dr Williams said , ‘ You 've been spoiling for a fight , now you 've got it ’ ’ . |
| 21 | It 's one of the delightful , I 've been recruiting for a long time and it 's it 's one of those erm delightful things to be able to say to people on the phone when they tell me they 're fifty or fifty four to say that 's not a problem . |
| 22 | ‘ You 're a bloody good photographer and the work you 've been doing for the last five years proves it . |
| 23 | ‘ I want to know what you 've been doing for the past four days . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ What you 've been doing for the past four months ! |
| 25 | A game of tag ( see below ) may well be just the thing ; but if they 've just come in from the playground and that 's what they 've been doing for the last fifteen minutes , it would be a bit of a waste of time . |
| 26 | It beats changing nappies , which is what I 've been doing for the last 5 months . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've been walking for a week . ’ |
| 28 | This is a firm and they 've been going for a number of years . |
| 29 | Siegfried , I do n't know what you 'll think , but I 've been recommended for the MC — and I 've recommended every single NCO who was with me . |
| 30 | ‘ What the ‘ ell do you think we 've been doin' for the last hour ? ’ asked Tommy . |