Example sentences of "[conj] have been [verb] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The view that hooligans actually learn how to behave from the papers and reflect back to the public the image that has been created for them is not really borne out in personal interviews . |
| 2 | Some poor animal , some poor travesty that has been imprisoned for its own safety and the safety of others . |
| 3 | Because students will insist on using not simply new unused paper but paper that has been punched for them , wrapped in transparent plastic , and sold in small quantities at high prices . |
| 4 | If the grounds of referral are accepted by both parents and child at the Hearing , the Panel looks at all the information that has been provided for them . |
| 5 | We stood in the doorway for a while until our eyes adjusted to the darkness and then , stooping low to avoid the worst of the smoke , we made our way through the crowd to a space that had been cleared for us close to the fire . |
| 6 | Most days Jo left the house with her breasts strapped into a brassiere that had been tailored for her by her mother 's corsetière , two thick white cotton cones attached to a four-inch band , meagrely edged with broderie anglaise . |
| 7 | She went and fetched out the folded garments for him , and went about her business at the clay oven outside while he stripped and dressed himself again in the good Welsh clothes that had been made for him . |
| 8 | It is diverted to the alien nest where it drops into the cuckoo 's mouth the food that had been destined for its own young . |
| 9 | And he did not look to be equal to the formidable task of escaping the net that had been spread for him . |
| 10 | This is a more generous protest even than it seems at first sight , for Jacob 's possessions include Esau 's birthright , and Isaac 's blessing that had been meant for him . |
| 11 | They gave him a letter that had been waiting for his arrival . |
| 12 | Forgetting his earlier disgust at the food that had been set for him , he thought only that this girl would appreciate it , whatever its quality . |
| 13 | An argument developed because Mr Brown told her that the new chauffeur the company had just taken on could use her car while she was away , as the car that had been ordered for him had not arrived . |
| 14 | At 2 p.m. , rather than face more questions from the femme ménage , she ladled the food that had been left for her to eat into one bowl and carried it some way down the hill to a place where she knew it would be picked up by stray dogs and cats . |
| 15 | At least , then , the note that had been left for me ( 'See you around ? ' ) gave me some excuse for trespassing now . |
| 16 | Beside him sat a man of such immense proportions that Eddie Stratton wondered how he could ever fit into the seat that had been booked for him on the flight to Heathrow , scheduled to leave in forty minutes ' time . |
| 17 | He glanced around the large , pleasant room in the first-class hotel that had been booked for her . |
| 18 | He knew also that the human race freely chose to reject him ; it was only right that they should take some responsibility : mankind as well as God must be responsible for reversing the effects of the fall and for moving on to the mature relationship with the creator that had been ordained for them from all eternity . |
| 19 | ANIMALS ! ’ or ‘ BIRCH ’ EM ’ and ‘ SMASH THESE THUGS ’ encouraged the public to treat young football fans as criminals , and the fans themselves then acted out the role that had been supplied for them . |
| 20 | The notes that have been prepared for us go over er , rather briefly the legal systems in our land , and er , even references made to France , which has a slightly different legal system , which may be a bit better than ours and so that , in the notes , we not only look at the High Court , the High Court , the Criminal Court , the County Court er er , and realise what an important part of legal proceedings er , these courts fair , as well of course , as the largest courts of all , , the Magistrate 's Court . |
| 21 | About 60 per cent of self-poisoners take psychotropic drugs that have been prescribed for them in their overdoses ( Hawton et al. 1977 ) . |
| 22 | The little waves ‘ strike ’ the shore , the high part of an advancing wave is a ‘ hump ’ ; looking to another portion of creation , it would surely be better , but impossible , just to ‘ observe ’ the behaviour of migrating starlings than to try to understand it through the conflicting ‘ explanations ’ that have been proposed for it . |
| 23 | The many functions that have been proposed for it range from sound transmission to drilling holes in ice ; but it is really used in aggressive fighting among males . |
| 24 | erm Has that been a concern of unions , or has it been other sorts of organisations that have been pressing for them over the years ? |
| 25 | The point at issue is whether National Power and PowerGen meet the carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide targets that have been set for them . |
| 26 | When you broadcast on behalf of a client you represent him and must work within the references and parameters that have been set for you . |
| 27 | But when I look back , I think it 's this path that 's been ploughed for me . |
| 28 | Because I 've been keeping a record of everything that 's been happening for you , you know , so you wo n't have missed anything . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Miss Fenemore , they do say that if a man has done wrong , and has been punished for it , that should be the end of it . |
| 30 | In those days the paper had sold 5.25 million copies and had been respected for its powerful , picture-led campaigning journalism , its commitment to the Labour Party , and the chord it struck with its primarily working-class readership . |