Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] have [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | They claim they 've been taken for a ride . |
| 32 | He feels he has been punished for looking after his customers . |
| 33 | He felt he had been imprisoned for ever on this mad , rotating world , racing ceaselessly through its dark orbit . |
| 34 | ‘ I bet he 's been dying for an audience , ’ Dalziel said to Pascoe . |
| 35 | I do not think it is complacent or smug ; one feels it has been worked for . |
| 36 | She appreciated Doc Threadneedle 's handiwork , but also she learned to love what had been done for her before the biowizard came along . |
| 37 | So I should n't think he 's been driving for some time and |
| 38 | Yeah but I do n't think it 's been updated for so long . |
| 39 | As the door closed , Zen let out a breath he realized he had been holding for a long time . |
| 40 | OLYMPIC aces returning from Barcelona this week brought back a very silly story about cycling superstar Chris Boardman : ‘ Have you heard he 's been tested for drugs . ’ |
| 41 | As all the world knows I 'm now 61 so it follows I 've been playing for yonks , interrupted only by a broken leg and two children . |
| 42 | Ellie ran upstairs , threw off her old blouse and skirt and her much darned stockings , and got hurriedly dressed in her Sunday best , yet another variation on the plain black dress with detachable collar and cuffs she had been wearing for as long as she could remember . |
| 43 | From the clinical database of 75 trials held by Glaxo , who manufacture sumatriptan , 375 asthmatics have been identified who had been treated for 1214 migraine episodes . |
| 44 | I think it 's been closed for a long time actually . |
| 45 | ‘ Gran Reserva ’ indicates it has been aged for seven years . |
| 46 | You have refused to pay what has been asked for my return , but if you knew what I have become , a fearless old man with nothing left to lose , you would pay twice as much to have me kept away ! |
| 47 | Initiating situations involving reading aloud to others merits consideration , especially as the tape-recorder gives opportunity for storing what has been read for transmission at an appropriate time . |
| 48 | I 've discovered who has been paying for my education . |
| 49 | I just said , goodness , I said we 've been waiting for this parcel since before Christmas and he says oh have you duck . |
| 50 | But then , when you said they 'd been gone for a couple of years … ’ |
| 51 | Buckby , who is also secretary of the Langbaurgh Schools Cross Country Association , said he had been trying for nearly ten years to have the rule changed . |
| 52 | Douglas Gray of Middleton in Teesdale said he had been complaining for over two years about undelivered letters and hit out at the ‘ uncaring attitude ’ of the Post Office in Darlington . |
| 53 | He said he had been paid for the picture , but admitted that ‘ in order to entice bidders ’ he had agreed with Sotheby 's that payment would be spread over three instalments . |
| 54 | He said he 'd been followed for the last week or so . |
| 55 | Prince Charles said he 'd been waiting for a year for the chance to speak publiclty about the fate of the Marsh Arabs . |
| 56 | For their part it was unnecessary as they only drank what had been boiled for tea or coffee , whereas I often drank water on its own or with fruit cordial . ) |
| 57 | Even though the Government may be afraid to say what has been paid for the companies , we shall do so and will be able to compare the selling price with the asset stripping price when that process is engaged in . |
| 58 | ‘ I do n't think anything has been decided for Sunday yet , but if the boss was taking the chance to have a look at me I was reasonably happy with my performance overall . |
| 59 | See I 've been coming for years with mouth ulcers . |
| 60 | The vicar calls for silence for the ‘ Lord Mayor ’ , who makes a short speech declaring he has been elected for a year and a day . |