Example sentences of "[noun prp] has 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 | Touche Ross has been looking for an acquisition to accelerate the growth of its information technology business for some eighteen months . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | Mr Antonovich points out that air pollution in Los Angeles has been declining for a decade . |
| 7 | ‘ Barbados has been waiting for a hotel of this calibre for a very long time . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |