Example sentences of "been [v-ing] for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And just in case any men out there still need to be convinced that cleanliness is next to Robert Redfordness , how about the tale of a friend of mine who was desperate to impress a woman he had been pursuing for weeks .
2 The Guildford Four have been canvassing for Jeremy Corbyn in Islington .
3 To some degree they had already been catering for children with special needs .
4 ‘ Well , he has been caddying for Harley in Europe , and he did win one tournament and finished equal second in the other .
5 I 'd been caddying for Ralph Moffatt on the pro circuit and got him through the pre-qualifier at Fairhaven , so I told him I 'd be caddying for him in the Open as I 'd heard nothing from Jack .
6 This gives the guitarist the same facility for storing and recalling a library of sounds that keyboard players have been enjoying for years .
7 Below them , a large group of human subjects had been circling for hours around a roller rink set among the trees .
8 He is very pleased with the ‘ good meaty topics ’ departments have been suggesting for scrutiny this year .
9 Disabled people from all over the country have been competing for honours in a carriage driving contest .
10 She woke early on the morning of July 29 , 1981 which is not surprising as her room overlooked the Mall where the singing , chattering crowds had been gathering for days .
11 ‘ We 've been struggling for years .
12 We have been struggling for years with an inadequate meat hygiene inspection system and we need , as soon as possible , to replace it with a centralised system that will guarantee high standards and uniform costs .
13 For instance having retired to this lovely English village , and assembled my wits and memories to compile this narrative , I have had the satisfaction recently of discovering the original meaning of three common expressions which I have been using for years .
14 Don had been experimenting for years before he took out the patent in 1970 and significantly stated that ‘ The difference in camber and relative incidence on the central fore and aft sections serves to stabilise the kite in pitch ’ .
15 People are realising what particularly the Belfast group has been preaching for years , that early availability of resuscitation is tremendously important .
16 Gristy had been trolling for mackerel since dawn , and had had one of his best catches ever .
17 I reckon I been walking for hours now .
18 I reckon I should nearly be home by now — I been walking for ages .
19 And proud too , cos blimey , I been walking for ages and when I get back home she 'll think I been real clever to find my own way back , and I ai n't got a yellow card or nothing .
20 ‘ I 've been knocking for ages and all ye do is laugh up at me . ’
21 The first is that some cricketers have been cheating for years in a most blatant manner .
22 It never occurred to me that anyone who had been starving for years would feel an incredible , overwhelming urge to eat that was both physical and emotional .
23 " I suppose he could have lent money to Ingard , and been pressing for payment . "
24 Two district councils , Angus and Cumnock & Doon Valley , have already been pressing for changes and the committee was told that many other authorities were experiencing disadvantages because of the rule .
25 The NPKTF , which had taken definitive form in 1902 , had been pressing for reconciliation within the Edinburgh branch , and was to play a strongly supporting role in 1910 .
26 The Young King had been pressing for permission to go on a pilgrimage to Compostella but Henry II , believing that this was just an excuse to get away from his watchful eye , had instead ordered him to help suppress the rebellion in Aquitaine .
27 The aim of this legislation , as the Supreme Court noted , is to facilitate economic development , although it is fair to add that lenders both from within and outside the country have been pressing for change for some time .
28 But Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown , who has been pressing for CUTS in interest rates , said the rise was ‘ disastrous . ’
29 Professor Alex McDougall , convener of the institute 's VAT sub-committee , said ICAS had been pressing for Customs and Excise and the VAT tribunal to have to power to mitigate penalties .
30 Local residents have been pressing for action to curb the speed and behaviour of some drivers .
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