Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] had been [verb] for " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Carolingians ' heartlands , that is , the area where most of their estates were clustered , and where Franks had been settled for centuries , spanned modern Belgium and the Netherlands , northern France , and western Germany , thus lying athwart the " natural " frontiers of the Ardennes forest , and the rivers Meuse and Rhine . |
| 2 | It was widely reported that the UK had unsuccessfully argued at the committee meeting for a total suspension of the ERM and also that requests had been made for Germany to reduce its interest rates . |
| 3 | But he had barely been gone for an hour when there came the signal that Thorfinn had been waiting for . |
| 4 | IBM noted that Zschau had been tapped for the post before Louis Gerstner came aboard as its new chairman , and said that there were no plans to offer AdStar shares to the public . |
| 5 | It was unlikely that murder had been committed for a few pounds , but one could never be sure . |
| 6 | Some said at the time that Leviathan had been written for Cromwell , and indeed Hobbes did say that it supported a ‘ conscientious obedience to the present government ’ of the Protectorate . |
| 7 | Yesterday , Coun Davies said she understood that bids had been invited for exploration of the coastal region which included Aberconwy . |
| 8 | The fact was that Algy had been living for the last year with a working-class architect called Len in a basement flat in Maida Vale . |
| 9 | Her feeling was that Meryl had been waiting for someone … |
| 10 | It was widely known , however , that China had been pressing for a Japanese imperial visit for some time as a means of marking a further stage in the country 's rehabilitation from the diplomatic isolation which had followed the Tiananmen Square massacre . |
| 11 | Several groups of Americans were turned away despite protests that tables had been booked for them by Čedok or by their hotels . |
| 12 | Seona Reid , director of the SAC , said that priorities had been identified for the development of the arts in Scotland over the next three to four years . |
| 13 | I am convinced that stuff had been accumulating for many years in this cellar and that Ernest Griffiths had no idea what was in there . |
| 14 | During the fifth Premiers ' talks there were strong rumours that arrangements had been discussed for a summit meeting between President Roh and his veteran North Korean counterpart , Kim Il Sung , early in 1992 . |
| 15 | He put aside being lonely for a moment , and realized that hunger had been waiting for an opportunity to make-itself felt . |
| 16 | The group announced on March 8th that terms had been agreed for the acquisition of Louis De Poortere Ltd. , the U.K. subsidiary of Belgian carpet manufacturing giant E.T.S. Louis De Poortere . |
| 17 | Mr Espin reported that bookings had been made for 22 adults and 26 children . |
| 18 | In April AI learned that warrants had been issued for the arrest of two police officers and a civilian in connection with the killing of 17-year-old Anstraum Aman Villagrán Morales . |
| 19 | It was true that men had been killed for less reason . |
| 20 | Sure enough , next day saw a procession , only Lamb and Hussain passing thirty , although Smith batted for an hour with a broken finger and it was revealed that Hussain had been playing for five weeks with a broken bone in his wrist and Lamb had a cracked elbow . |
| 21 | However , Ryzhkov on July 12 told the congress that production had been halted for 24 hours at 230 of the country 's 655 coalmines , with shorter stoppages occurring at many others . |
| 22 | Now that preparations had been completed for Artai 's enthronement there was very little to do , and the normal business of the court — administration , legislation , taxation — had all but come to a halt . |
| 23 | Some would argue that the real problem lies in the fact that shares had been overvalued for some time , and that prices were likely to fall , and that the above events provided the impetus . |
| 24 | ( Much later , he discovered that PROMIS had been developed for the US Department of Justice by Inslaw , Inc. of Washington , D.C. , as an information system for law-enforcement agencies and government prosecutors with heavy workloads to keep track of their cases . |
| 25 | And although Whigs under Anne liked to claim that James had been deposed for breaking his original contract with the people , they found it a credible way of embarrassing their political opponents to argue that it was the Tories who had been responsible for James 's downfall . |
| 26 | Jasper and Bert had been gone for ten days . |
| 27 | And the demand for jam jars had been so great that even salvage dumps and cemeteries had been searched for extra supplies . |
| 28 | If Ebert had been paying for Axel 's debauchery , the chances were that he was behind the death of the girl . |
| 29 | Gravier 's wife and child and parents had been waiting for him at Acapulco . |
| 30 | Tom Dreaper could not convince him that racing was a business to be taken seriously , and Foinavon had been sold for 2,000 guineas . |