Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh pn] [vb -s] be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police in Lothian are increasingly concerned about the safety of a fifteen year old girl who 's been missing for ten days . |
| 2 | ( a ) Children in need Section 20(1) requires every local authority : to provide accommodation for any child in need within their area who appears to them to require accommodation as a result of : ( a ) there being no person who has parental responsibility for him ; ( b ) his being lost or having been abandoned ; or ( c ) the person who has been caring for him being prevented ( whether or not permanently , and for whatever reason ) from providing him with suitable accommodation or care . |
| 3 | POLICE believe a body washed up on a beach in Kent might be that of a young Essex woman who has been missing for two months . |
| 4 | POLICE are concerned about the safety of a 20-year-old woman who has been missing for a week . |
| 5 | The crowds at Constitution Dock cheered the owner who has been trying for 20 years to score a major success in this race . |
| 6 | ‘ There is a man next door who 's been looking for a job at least five years . |
| 7 | Police are growing increasingly worried about a mentally handicapped man who 's been missing for three days . |
| 8 | A farmer who 's been fighting for years to KEEP gypsies on his land has been given the go-ahead after a public inquiry . |
| 9 | An MP who 's been campaigning for years to have the road improved said tonight that he 'll be pressing the government yet again to have it upgraded to a dual carriageway . |
| 10 | Here 's another new model from guy who has been riding for the same big-time company for literally eons . |