Example sentences of "[verb] [been] [vb pp] [adv prt] [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A police helicopter has been called in to search for an armed robber who 's raided five petrol stations in three weeks . |
| 2 | The boy I know has been brought up to want for nothing , and has been raised a staunch Catholic . |
| 3 | MI6 , Scotland Yard and the FBI had been called in to hunt for the shadowy Surrey-born spy . |
| 4 | When I am sitting up there working with the librarian , pupils will come trotting in with little notes from teachers saying " I have been sent in to ask for books on … " and off they will go for that lesson which is what she wanted , so they have achieved it . |
| 5 | Marketing chief Peter Sadler was unavailable to comment on the launch plans , but it is thought four agencies have been lined up to pitch for the business . |