Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] be [v-ing] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ward has been searching for a winger for some time and last night he was hopeful of clinching a signing on loan . |
| 2 | Time Warner has been looking for a high-technology partner since 1991 , when it sold smaller stakes in TWE to two Japanese firms , Toshiba and ITOCHU ( then known as C. Itoh ) . |
| 3 | Previously , Mr Ntoni-Nzinga had been studying for a doctorate in theology and anthropology in Manchester , UK . |
| 4 | CHC had been saying for a long time , and it seemed to be falling on deaf ears that a date should be set for the closure of Friern and that money should not be spent on the hospital but on services in the community . |
| 5 | If Philip had been looking for a pale , sickly , ragged and possibly fettered prisoner , Harry would be a considerable shock to him . |
| 6 | Owen had been working for a consulting company in Washington before deciding to devote himself to the contras , sitting at North 's feet ; despite his deep immersion in murky affairs , he still took a wide-eyed view of the world in which he operated . |
| 7 | It was widely known , however , that China had been pressing for a Japanese imperial visit for some time as a means of marking a further stage in the country 's rehabilitation from the diplomatic isolation which had followed the Tiananmen Square massacre . |
| 8 | The US has been trying for a decade to clinch the deal , not least because it would give its nuclear forces control of what is seen as the strategically vital Pacific zone and a new set of options if its Philippine naval and air bases are threatened . |
| 9 | France had been hoping for a Kinnock victory , to provide a second socialist power in one of the leading EC countries to act as an ally for President Mitterrand at summit talks . |
| 10 | Bagshot had been heading for a door opening off the foyer . |
| 11 | Mr and Mrs Allen had been trying for a child for 19 years and were overjoyed when Laura was born . |
| 12 | ‘ People see Romania and Albania in the media all the time now but Poland has been suffering for a long time and people are still very much in need of our help , ’ she said . |
| 13 | I know Martinho had been hoping for a religious programme . |
| 14 | Everton have been looking for a target man to bring out the best in Mo Johnston and Peter Beardsley . |
| 15 | People in Upton on Severn have been campaigning for a month against plans to open a treatment centre for twenty six child abusers in a country house near their village . |
| 16 | For two years Kelly 's been waiting for a heart and lung transplant , the only cure for her condition . |
| 17 | Mr Antonovich points out that air pollution in Los Angeles has been declining for a decade . |
| 18 | ‘ Barbados has been waiting for a hotel of this calibre for a very long time . ’ |
| 19 | Morgan has been looking for a white knight for the last two weeks since insurance broker Willis Faber announced it was selling its 20 per cent stake in the merchant bank to Banque Indosuez , part of Compagnie Financiere de Suez . |