Example sentences of "[noun] be [adv] [v-ing] for an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Managers are now asking for an independant review of both incidents . |
| 2 | Most of the people who went to Virginia or the West Indies were clearly looking for an opportunity to do better than they could in England , and if they made fortunes they would probably go back to England to enjoy their wealth , but the Massachusetts Bay Company was more concerned with escape from England or with the creation of a society that improved on its better aspects and rejected the worse . |
| 3 | This is an expanding market of course and potential sponsors are constantly searching for an appropriate product on which they can lavish their money . |
| 4 | The Ffestiniog Railway Trust acting on a High Court judge 's advice is currently applying for an Amending Order from the Ministry of Transport for the transfer of the WHR Company to the Ffestiniog . |
| 5 | And that is why some of their more prominent members are now asking for an SEC . |
| 6 | THREE lifeboats , three tugs and an RAF Sea King helicopter were yesterday searching for an 18-year-old lifeboatman who fell overboard from a fishing boat . |
| 7 | About eight or 10 chief constables are not asking for an increase in police forces for next year — — and I shall be glad to send the right hon. Gentleman a list . |
| 8 | The Labour Party is now calling for an independent inquiry to be set up to consider whether compensation should be paid to those who lost their holidays . |