Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] have [been] [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | One or two of the boys would go in there , fellers of the village , and they would stop there all night , and the next night ; and they say it had been known for it to go the week ; have a week settin' in , staying in the pub . |
| 2 | The public is entitled to know what has been paid for public assets ; there can be no ifs or buts about that . |
| 3 | It was almost certainly acquired by George III who had it bound in the present red morocco , gilt tooled binding which has been reproduced for the facsimile . |
| 4 | The Terrorist Squad believed it had been intended for the Lord Mayor 's Parade later that day . |
| 5 | He says that moral is low , with workers now waiting to see who have been chosen for the latest redundancies . |
| 6 | I hold the view very strongly — and I know I have been criticised for it — that when a government has not got great experience , is a minority government , it is essential if you can possibly support it that it should be able to speak with a strong voice to the countries of the world . |
| 7 | ‘ When I heard I had been chosen for the full squad , it was a bit of a shock , but it really was a dream come true . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I feel I 've been taken for a fool . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I understand you 've been recommended for business training at our school here . |
| 10 | Well the only thing is that I hope that the next generation that is coming along now will appreciate what has been done for their generation because it took a long time for us to get what we wanted for our children and now with our grandchildren are coming along I hope the town will improve with their growth . |
| 11 | He presumed they had been written for him to use as references for his next employer , but he tore them up angrily . |
| 12 | Oxford 's bluff worked for some time , but when by late 1713 the Jacobites finally realised they had been taken for a ride , they began to look to Bolingbroke for support . |
| 13 | They claim they 've been taken for a ride . |
| 14 | He feels he has been punished for looking after his customers . |
| 15 | He felt he had been imprisoned for ever on this mad , rotating world , racing ceaselessly through its dark orbit . |
| 16 | I do not think it is complacent or smug ; one feels it has been worked for . |
| 17 | She appreciated Doc Threadneedle 's handiwork , but also she learned to love what had been done for her before the biowizard came along . |
| 18 | Yeah but I do n't think it 's been updated for so long . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I think it 's been closed for a long time actually . |
| 22 | ‘ Gran Reserva ’ indicates it has been aged for seven years . |
| 23 | 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 ! |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | But then , when you said they 'd been gone for a couple of years … ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | He said he 'd been followed for the last week or so . |
| 28 | 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 . ) |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ 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 . |