Example sentences of "[verb] been [verb] [prep] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few receive the justice that has been denied to them for five centuries , but most are still viewed by their governments as third-class citizens , subversive activists and threats to ‘ national security ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ Let's hope this is the last chapter for them — it has been hanging over them for more than a year — and they can now start to rebuild their lives . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ This has been hanging over us for too long . |
| 4 | The bank has been experimenting with it for seven years , but , this year , 100 branches will come on stream . |
| 5 | ‘ My dear , your real mother has been looking after you for the past twenty years , ’ said Miss Rose sharply . |
| 6 | If your employee has been employed by you for a continuous period of at least 26 weeks into the qualifying week , regardless of the number of hours worked , she is eligible for lower rate SMP . |
| 7 | Alternatively , if she has been employed by you for a continuous period of at least five calendar years into the qualifying week for 8 hours or more each week , then she is also eligible . |
| 8 | ‘ Please tell them , ’ he said , ‘ a warrant has been issued against them for manslaughter . ’ |
| 9 | Phyllis Aldworth , 64 , of Mable Avenue , Shildon , has been surviving on them for years . |
| 10 | If the employee has been working for you for up to eight weeks and does not have a linking letter or a Leaver 's statement , phone your Social Security office and ask if the start of the PIW you are dealing with links back to a claim to a Social Security benefit . |
| 11 | This system is still available today but no new work has been attempted on it for 18 months . |
| 12 | Mr Giles of Grimethorpe Motors has been advertising with us for two years and he is delighted with the results . |
| 13 | She 'd been looking into it for Ken anyway — as I told you . |
| 14 | And she 'd been talking to him for about half an hour and well er her son had come up |
| 15 | As the place was really his gig we could n't use it without him We 'd been talking about it for ages — and Bernie was always badgering us about it — but we 'd not really done anything about it . |
| 16 | They 'd been known to us for years as a couple of minor police informers , dabblers in espionage who never come up with anything much . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ She 'd been working on them for quite a while . |
| 18 | Now you suspected she 'd been lying to you for thirteen years . |
| 19 | But that was just a hope he 'd been tossing at me for a couple of years without any interest from me . |
| 20 | I must have been chatting to him for about 20 minutes and he told me he 'd needed an urgent lift . |
| 21 | CHARLES CLIFFE needs little introduction having been known to you for his splendid writing and demonstrations . |
| 22 | ( 5 ) The turnover rent shall be determined by a qualified accountant ( acting as an expert ) and whose decision shall be final ( except so far as concerns matters of law ) to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales : ( a ) if the tenant fails to supply a certificate in accordance with paragraph 3 above ( in which case the landlord 's costs of the determination and the expert 's fee shall be borne by the tenant ) or ( b ) if there shall be any dispute between the parties as to the calculation of the turnover rent ( in which case the costs of the determination and the expert 's fee shall be borne as the expert directs ) ( 6 ) Until the determination of the turnover rent for any rental year the tenant shall continue to pay rent at the rate payable immediately before the beginning of the rental year in question and upon such determination there shall be due as arrears of rent or as the case may be refunded to the tenant the difference ( if any ) between the rent paid by the tenant for that year and the rent which ought to have been paid by him for that year plus ( if the turnover rent is determined by an expert ) such amount of interest as may be directed by the expert ( 7 ) If the turnover rent for any rental year falls below £ the landlord may by notice in writing served on the tenant not more than one month after the determination of the turnover rent for that year ( time not being of the essence ) require that there be substituted for the basic rent and the turnover rent for that year the amount for which the demised property might reasonably be expected to be let on the open market at the beginning of the year in question for a term equal to the residue of this lease then unexpired and on the same terms as this lease ( save as to rent but on the assumption that the rent may be revised every five years ) there being disregarded the matters set out in section 34 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ( as amended ) and in default of agreement the said amount shall be determined by an independent surveyor ( acting as an expert not as an arbitrator ) to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors whose decision shall be final and whose fee shall be borne as he directs Example 4:5 Turnover rent for theatre or cinema based on box office receipts1 ( 1 ) In this schedule : ( a ) " box office receipts " means the gross amount of all moneys payable to the tenant or any group company on the sale of tickets for theatrical cinematic or other performances in the demised property or the right to stage productions or hold conferences or other events ( whether public or private ) in the demised property and any moneys payable on the sale of programmes souvenirs or similar items ; ( i ) treating any sale by credit card as having been a sale in consideration of the net amount recoverable by the tenant from the credit card company ( ii ) treating any amount which the tenant is entitled to receive by way of grant gift or sponsorship as part of the box office receipts and ( iii ) deducting any value added tax payable by the tenant to HM Customs and Excise ( b ) " bar receipts " means the gross amount of all moneys payable to the tenant or any group company for the supply of food and drink in the demised property : ( i ) treating any sale by credit card as having been a sale in consideration of the net amount recoverable by the tenant from the credit card company ( ii ) allowing the tenant a reduction of two per cent for wastage ( 2 ) The rent payable by the tenant shall be the aggregate of : ( a ) £ … per annum ( b ) 5 per cent of the first 60 per cent of the box office receipts for any year ( c ) 10 per cent of the remainder of the box office receipts ( d ) 7.5 per cent of the bar receipts payable annually in arrear on 31 December in each year ( 3 ) The tenant shall pay on account of the rent on 1 January 1 April 1 July and 1 October : ( a ) in the first year of the term £ … by four equal instalments ( b ) in the second and every subsequent year of the term payments at the rate of the rent payable for the last preceding year of the term by four equal instalments and as soon as possible after the end of the second and each subsequent year the amounts payable for that year under paragraph 2 above shall be agreed or otherwise determined and all necessary adjustments ( whether by way further payment by the tenant or credit given by the landlord ) shall be made ( 4 ) The tenant shall : ( a ) keep full and accurate books or records of account ( b ) permit the landlord ( or a person nominated by the landlord ) to inspect the books or records of account ( but not more often than once every three months ) and if so required to provide the books or records in a readily legible form ( 5 ) ( a ) at the end of each year of the term either the landlord or the tenant may require an audit of the tenant 's books and records by an independent auditor ( acting as an expert ) to be appointed ( in default of agreement ) by the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales ( b ) the auditor shall certify the amount of the box office receipts and the bar receipts for the year in question and his certificate shall be binding on the parties ( except in so far as concerns matters of law ) ( c ) the auditor has power to determine how his costs and the costs of any representations to him shall be borne |
| 23 | Maureen was torn between her longing to hug Terry and gaze her fill on the young brother who had been lost to them for so long and pity for Frank who had no family to welcome him home . |
| 24 | Those fantasies that had protected her from real life , that beautiful , unpolluted world of the Lock with its seals and its childhood memories of her father and that other glossy , television world that she imagined people like Simon inhabited , had been ruined for her for ever . |
| 25 | Ken told the story as though it had been scripted for him for Hancock 's Half Hour . |
| 26 | She had not seen her nearest ‘ big house ’ neighbour , though she had been hearing about him for some time . |
| 27 | She lost pearls that had been given to her for her 21st birthday . |
| 28 | The prospect had been hanging over us for so many months that once Father ceased trading , it was as though the weight of worry was lifted . |
| 29 | Living Dead and Terminator slippers — people had been queuing for them for God 's sake — were being returned unused to the shops and credit notes cashed in for balls of wool and packets of scraperboard . |
| 30 | An order had been placed with her for ‘ Charlie ’ — a code word for cocaine — in a call made through the main Palace switchboard . |