Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [be] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since I started consultancy work in politics , I 'd been pushing for the use of this simple invention — a British one — but it was n't until after President Reagan used it in his address to the Houses of Parliament that our politicians felt it was worthy of notice . |
| 2 | What I saw was staggering for the line which passed through those three points apparently intersected three others — a standing stone , just off the Marlborough Road , a bi-section of two round barrows — the line passed cleanly through the narrow gap between them , and finally the most important of all — the west end of the West Kennet long barrow . |
| 3 | I did not tell him that his imitation of the French was far more like what I had been seeing for the past year . |
| 4 | And I had been loading for the Major the last time that I was out shooting , the last time for me like . |
| 5 | Although Eliot considered this idea a good one , especially in view of the articles I had been writing for the New English Weekly ( for example , ‘ Italy must Choose ; and ‘ An Open Letter to Ansaldo ’ , which Mairet had forwarded to the spokesman in question and also to the Vatican ) , he felt that such a book issued in time of war , would need official backing . |
| 6 | It could have been different if I had been accepted for the Forces , but this way I mean to make Marion my wife and I hope … well … well ’ — he jerked his head upwards — ‘ I may as well say it , that if I have a son , or for second best , a daughter , to carry on here . |
| 7 | That was just what I had been doing for the past four months innocent of impending restrictions . |
| 8 | When I replied that I had been fighting for the extra 200,000 I had managed to achieve , I was remonstrated with for having put the business at risk . |
| 9 | Meanwhile I continued the strategy I had been following for the previous two terms : feigning compliance with the authorities and responding co-operatively to their apparent concern , while continuing to eat minimally and to purge in secret . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 11 | I had been working for the Countess as a personal assistant since she married the Earl in 1976 . |
| 12 | The only solution I had was to pay for the guy , bring the piece into my own workshop and re-do the top completely . |
| 13 | The prizewinner was presented with a cup , which had been given for the first time in 1987 . |
| 14 | Before the second Dutch war they argued for parliamentary control of the revenue destined for the war , and during the session of 1666–7 Garway was in the forefront of the group 's attacks on government corruption , proposing a statutory committee to examine the accounts of the money which had been given for the war with the Dutch . |
| 15 | We went on to the villa which had been requisitioned for the Bologna branch of the Allied Screening Commission : like all the villas requisitioned by Germans and members of the Allied forces alike , it was far too splendid for the purpose to which they put it . |
| 16 | We do not know precisely on what grounds , but it had already broken down by August 1093 , the date which had been fixed for the final settlement of differences between the kings of England and Scotland . |
| 17 | Einstein , which had been written for the Philip Glass Ensemble , was followed by Satyagraha ( ‘ truth-force ) , a more lyrical opera utilising full orchestra which was concerned with Gandhi 's early years in South Africa and the development of his philosophy of non-violence . |
| 18 | The survey , which had been scheduled for the summer , has started two months early and is expected to bear fruit by mid-June . |
| 19 | He had , in fact , been preparing for an operation to remove his hernia , which had been scheduled for the beginning of January , but because of his winter illnesses it was postponed until the summer . |
| 20 | The large dining room which had been airing for the past week had passed its final inspection although Mrs Lundy had insisted that the maids cleaned the windows and French doors one more time . |
| 21 | There were some letters to his mother , widowed and living in Bury — some phrases from which had been plundered for the article in the Sunday Chronicle . |
| 22 | Wickham turned his attention to the typewriter which had been used for the death threat . |
| 23 | More than £4 which had been left for the milkman was stolen from the house in Marwood Drive . |
| 24 | Wolfgang had begun work on an operatic version of Beaumarchais ' controversial play Le Mariage de Figaro , which had been performed for the first time in Paris the year before . |
| 25 | In 1818 , the Walker colliery which had been closed for the preceding 30 years was reopened . |
| 26 | It could be the day you deleted the thesis you 'd been writing for the last year , or the time the system crashed while you were giving a presentation in front of a thousand people . |
| 27 | ‘ I asked what you 'd been doing for the last five years … ’ |
| 28 | She 'd been writing for the NME , about David Cassidy and things like that but it must have been quite a struggle to get by . |
| 29 | Nothing of her true nature , not even — and here Pavel had been holding his breath at the back of the Border Control 's interrogation room — where she 'd been living for the past two years . |
| 30 | In her days as a schoolteacher she 'd been known for the quickness of her wit and her clarity of thought . |