Example sentences of "[conj] [det] had been [verb] for " in BNC.

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1 Ell had once seen a vidfilm where that had been used for an escape bid .
2 ‘ 63 teams from all over the UK took part , and it was clear that many had been training for months .
3 There should have been a large timber column but this had been removed for some reason many years ago and led to the roof sagging some 4 ’ .
4 But all had been prepared for them .
5 The decrease in spot density with age observed in patients with constipation is not therefore an age related factor , but is most probably related to the duration of the symptoms as most had been constipated for many years .
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