Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been looking [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , off he went and came back one day saying that he thought he had the song I 'd been looking for . |
| 2 | During that week I felt the Lord speak to me and I knew that this is what I 'd been looking for all my life and I decided to follow Jesus . |
| 3 | Equally the use of ebony seemed a good choice ; I 'd been looking for an excuse to make something in ebony for ages , anyway ! |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd been looking for a fairly young product which had a range of merchandise to allow a shop to stand on its own two feet . |
| 5 | Well I knew it was but it the fact that it had a nice easy switch in the base was something that I 'd been looking for . |
| 6 | I had been looking through Situations Vacant in the local newspaper : ‘ Secretarial assistance required … |
| 7 | If I had been looking for a lover — I admit my husband 's fortunes were not at their brightest , and my friendship with the Philosopher was a little turbulent at that time — then I should not have chosen Gustave . |
| 8 | I had been looking for a full-length piece to do anyway and I was also attracted to the idea of working with a ballet company . ’ |
| 9 | Maybe my dad was really and truly dead and what I had been looking at , in the road outside our house and in Furnival Gardens , had been a hologram put out by the Tellenoreans . |
| 10 | ‘ I had been looking at the world ratings and the draw certainly is n't what I had expected , ’ said Gregg . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been looking into something like this for about two years and come up against brick walls constantly , ’ she said . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been looking at your expense account , Brian , ’ says Vic , turning over a small pile of bills and receipts . |
| 13 | Over the last few months I 've been looking at the different types of files you 'll find on a PC — here 's a quick recap to refresh your memory . |
| 14 | I 've been looking at them every day and hoping I 'd get one and he knew that 's what I was hoping . |
| 15 | " I 've been looking at these holes . |
| 16 | Yes I 've been looking at that and thinking we 'll take it , mm |
| 17 | To be fair , I did n't , I did say we 're talking about parenting and one one could do another programme perhaps , focusing on the child or the needs and rights of the child in specific , but I think I 've been looking at the almost the scariness , I suppose , of being a parent , the challenges facing parents and the whole half hour , really , has not been about the joys of parenthood , so much as the problems of parenthood ! |
| 18 | " I 've been looking at the cat in your window . " |
| 19 | I 've been looking at some of the lines not as lines , but as things he has touched . |
| 20 | I 've been looking at the knives again . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've been looking at the basin where the sewage tank used to be . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 've been looking at some of those paraffin convector heaters . |
| 23 | You 'd be on the line for a certain amount of publicity , but I 've been looking at today 's papers and it seems you 've already had a taste of what the Press can be like … ’ |
| 24 | Now I can not think of a single occasion over the years , my adulthood when I have been going to theatre arts events of any kind when I 've actually gone out and bought anything as a result of sponsorship of a programme I 've been looking at . |
| 25 | IN view of all the talk about a resumption of political talks , I 've been looking at the last word of the Ulster Unionists on the subject , delivered just before the plug was pulled last October . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've been looking at him since the start of the season . |
| 27 | I 've been looking at some of the old programmes that some of the fans brought from those shows , and it was interesting to look back and see the people that I travelled with . ’ |
| 28 | they would allow me half now erm I 've been looking at one particular church , one denomination er , which is the Methodist Church , although it has been said already here this afternoon , or this morning rather there are an overall erm joint style with Methodist and with United Reform Church and erm I have personally the Methodist of last year , last September where it gives and also erm , mileage recommendations . |
| 29 | Oh I du n no , I 've been looking at a few , not that probably , not in the top ten |
| 30 | I must know how , I 've been looking at at the . |