Example sentences of "be [verb] for two [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 In addition , one very broadly-based general SVQ is being introduced at level I. We are also introducing two preliminary awards at a more basic level than level I. All these awards have been accredited for two years in the first instance .
2 A meeting has been arranged for two representatives from each institute owning their own halls at the W I centre in Chelmsford on Monday the twenty first October from ten until twelve noon noon .
3 The new modules have been developed for two groups of students : those returning to S5 for a limited period of time , and those who intend to complete a full year 's programme of study in S5 or S6 .
4 She had n't been to work for two nights .
5 Thus the Cleveland Dance Orchestra has been booked for two evenings with the Dolphineers .
6 The group had been meeting for two years , and it was mainly a consciousness-raising group , although , with only about twenty groups in London as a whole , some of them , the ‘ housewives ’ , the women who worked part-time were also able to help run the voluntary rota in the central London office , the Women 's Liberation Workshop .
7 Detectives are hunting for two men following a spate of robberies at the homes of old-age pensioners .
8 POLICE are searching for two youths who escaped from Castle Huntly young offenders institution in Perthshire last night .
9 Friends say she never recovered from hearing Gilbey , who she had been dating for two years , tell Diana he loved her — 53 times in the 23 minute call .
10 We are looking for two things .
11 I 'm sure most people know by know , that er this show will be coming to you live from Sydney , Australia , for a whole week to mark Australia Day at the end of January , and er the interesting thing from your point of view , is that we are looking for two couples , can be a husband and wife , er mother and daughter , father and son , any combination really , just a couple of friends .
12 The police are looking for two men , one of them about 23 , with scruffy black hair , a white shirt and blue jacket and trousers .
13 Evidence for the effect of tax relief on private health insurance premiums for the over 60s is fairly secure since the scheme has been operating for two years .
14 A The law allows any couple to seek a divorce on the grounds of the irretrievable breakdown of marriage once they have been separated for two years .
15 Intending to be a priest of the Church of England , I lost my faith , slowly but painfully , and at the end of the summer left Oxford and the house in Norham Gardens in which I had been living for two years and in which , by a curious turn of fortune , my office now is .
16 It 's not been fed for two years has it , so
17 We 're looking for two couples to make the trip with the programme .
18 And we 're looking for two couples , er it need n't be husband and wife particularly , although it 'll be er very nice if it is , but it can be mother and daughter , father and son , any combination you like really .
19 And we 're looking for two couples , four people , two couples , to travel with us , and to find out er , how you will be able to travel , and what you have to do when you get there , stay tuned for the Dougie Down Under Competition , thanks to QUANTAS , Australia 's national airline .
20 We 're looking for two couples to come to Australia with us and to act as roving reporters .
21 Now , we 're looking for two couples to accompany us down under , to find out how you can perhaps qualify , stay tuned for the Dougie Down Under competition , thanks to QUANTAS , Australia 's national airline .
22 We 'll be bringing the show to you live from Sydney , Australia , at the end of January , to mark Australia Day , and we 're looking for two couples , they can be husband and wife , mother and daughter , father and son , any combination you like , even a couple of friends , we 're looking for two couples to come to Australia with the show , and to act as roving reporters .
23 We 'll be bringing the show to you live from Sydney , Australia , at the end of January , to mark Australia Day , and we 're looking for two couples , they can be husband and wife , mother and daughter , father and son , any combination you like , even a couple of friends , we 're looking for two couples to come to Australia with the show , and to act as roving reporters .
24 They revealed they 're looking for two suspects .
25 They revealed they 're looking for two suspects .
26 ‘ There 's hot coffee and croissants , then you 're to sleep for two days .
27 It has only been opened for two years and is a nice modern hospital though not as posh as Pat 's .
28 ‘ I 've been waiting for two hours . ’
29 McNeill said : ‘ I have been waiting for two days for this supposed written offer .
30 Like here in the north of Australia , I 've been waiting for two days for the light I need for a shot of some valleys .
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