Example sentences of "[verb] [been] [verb] for [det] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now er sure the programme has been delayed for all the reasons I I 've mentioned . |
| 2 | The thing is , he has been using for such a long time . |
| 3 | Never read or listen without being ready to enter a note in the appropriate place where space has been left for such a possibility . |
| 4 | He must have been gouging for half an hour when an idea seemed to strike him . |
| 5 | A similar situation outside any other town would almost certainly have been used for such a purpose ; it would seem , therefore , that there was some special reason , at present unknown , why this land was not so used at Rochester . |
| 6 | Annoyed that his cover might have been jeopardized for such a trivial reason , Coleman left Sasser 's office with the intention of coding an immediate complaint to Donleavy — only to run into Micheal T. Hurley on the stairway . |
| 7 | The rabbit might as well have been stuffed for all the movement it made , and I could see that it definitely was staring right at me , its little eyes not blinking , its tiny nose not sniffing , its ears untwitched . |
| 8 | It was probably the first time he had been asked for such a drink , despite his long years of service . |
| 9 | If it was a turning point in terms of ‘ proving ’ the relationship , it also marked the change in image Kylie had been wanting for such a long time . |
| 10 | This is as true in any detective novel as it is in scientific research or investigative journalism , and in supposing that the test-tube fusion idea had been overlooked for half a century we are already repeating a media ‘ factoid ’ that is incorrect . |
| 11 | For a long time the industrious Bavarians had been preparing for such an attack . |
| 12 | When she was most irritated by Caro 's holier-than-thou , most nearly offended by how stupid/insensitive Caro must think her , with her ‘ what a world you live in ’ , and was thinking ‘ How young , how predictable , how limited you are , ’ came the twist in the conversation , the unexpected note , that looking back along the line of the conversation , was the note Caro had been heading for all the time . |
| 13 | Since then , hypothalamic releasing factors have been discovered for all the major pituitary hormones ( thyroid stimulating hormone , luteinising hormone and adrenocorticotropin , for example ) except growth hormone . |
| 14 | We have taken all reasonable and proper steps to ensure that proper arrangements have been made for all the holidays which are advertised in this brochure and for excursions as described above and that the suppliers of the various services which will be provided to you as part of the inclusive holiday are efficient , safe and reputable businesses , and that they comply with the local and national laws and regulations of the country in which they provide those services . |