By then she had been hunting for years, but only with her sling.

He has been hunting for years for that penny, but has not found it.

I still feel an edge of excitement just before a hunt, even though I haven't gone hunting for years, Marthona said.

They have not recognized in the polished, suave Signor Keralio, the popular fencing master, the man they have been hunting for years.

As she neared the house, Elizabeth grew excited at the prospect she was finally going to meet the woman she'd been hunting for years.