Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] had been [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | My plan had been to climb for hundreds of beautiful feet on one of Lakeland 's fine mountain crags with one of Lakeland 's fine mountain climbers , but it did n't happen . |
| 2 | I will store the incident with the others ; this one feels like the straw my back had been waiting for . |
| 3 | She showed up in her Rolls in the car park of the supermarket , and , although there was a lot of nodding and smiling and remarks about coincidences , it was pretty clear that her presence had been arranged for someone 's benefit . |
| 4 | Unilateralists felt that their case had been made for them ; and they became more determined than ever to get rid of nuclear weapons altogether . |
| 5 | Andrew MacKinlay , the Labour MP who has campaigned on the matter , has highlighted the case of one widow , now aged 98 , who only recently steeled herself to admit to her family that her husband had been executed for cowardice . |
| 6 | It had long been a controversial issue and its approval had been delayed for years because of worries about the environmental consequences and the cost of the project . |
| 7 | Even her departure had been delayed for weeks for want of the funds necessary to fit out her ship and escort . |
| 8 | Their arrival had been delayed for a fortnight after Gen. Farah Aydid claimed on July 7 that an aircraft with UN markings bringing food aid had also carried from Nairobi military equipment and counterfeit money for his rival , Somalia 's transitional President , Ali Mahdi Mohammed . |
| 9 | Bomber Command itself was situated at High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire and from there the orders were sent out every day to each Group Headquarters , indicating which target had been selected for that night 's operation , and the Groups then sent on the information to the Commanding Officers at each of the air fields , or ‘ out-stations ’ . |
| 10 | So , when an orphaned leopard cub was found after her mother had been killed for her skin , the infant was brought to him in the hope that he could rear it . |
| 11 | Miss Gregg told detectives her mother had been waiting for the handyman to call at the time of her death . |
| 12 | Duncan , whose health had been failing for several years , died in West Park , Elgin , 23 May 1863 . |
| 13 | Leszek Balcerowicz , the Finance Minister and deputy Prime Minister , announced on Aug. 5 that he would resign after the parliamentary elections planned for October , saying that his decision had been made for family reasons . |
| 14 | As he wrote the words , he knew quite well that his grave had been dug for him the day before , once a reprieve had been refused . |
| 15 | His next move was to Madrid , an upheaval that he and his girlfriend had been planning for some time , and there his photographic education continued apace , despite one or two minor problems . |
| 16 | His mind had been prepared for an impossible radiance and it had taken time to absorb a new set of signals . |
| 17 | Due to the fact that his marriage had been heading for the rocks ? |
| 18 | The Führer 's claim that his work had been sabotaged for years , and that the German war machine could run at full stretch now that the last plot had been foiled , was seen to demonstrate that the people had long been lied to in earlier statements that time was on Germany 's side and war production increasing . |
| 19 | His meeting had been timed for three o'clock . |
| 20 | He told officers that his friend had been looking for Carol in Bristol on the Friday before she died . |
| 21 | At first sight Tyrell looks like an example of continuity from the de Vere connection since his father had been executed for his involvement with the de Veres in 1462 . |
| 22 | At first sight Tyrell looks like an example of continuity from the de Vere connection since his father had been executed for his involvement with the de Veres in 1462 . |
| 23 | His flat had been closed for weeks and the fridge was empty . |
| 24 | He complained that his design had been criticized for deficient lighting but he had shown the Committee that his windows were larger than those in sixteen or seventeen well-known classical buildings in London . |
| 25 | Our fellow-traveller had been mumbling for some time that he would ‘ hae tae get oot ! ’ . |