Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pron] had [be] [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was Raynor who told her things about the Castle she did not know ; how it had been built for the first High Queen of all , and how the ancient pure magic had been woven into its walls . |
| 2 | ‘ I asked him how he had been chosen for this honour and he told me ‘ I was pushed ’ ’ . |
| 3 | She frequently attacked her attendants and discharged herself from institutions where she had been sent for treatment . |
| 4 | He went from house to house dragging two metal ingots and everybody was amazed to see pots , pans , tongs and braziers tumble down from their places and beams creak from the desperation of nails and screws trying to emerge , and even objects that had been lost for a long time appeared from where they had been searched for most and went dragging along in turbulent confusion behind Melquíades ' magical irons . |
| 5 | The pose is certainly borrowed from Egypt , where it had been used for male figures for centuries . |
| 6 | The painting dates from around 1903–05 but was only rediscovered last year in New England , where it had been bought for $175 in 1905 when the artist made a trip abroad to find a new audience for his Nihonga work . |
| 7 | His judgment was almost impeccable , and on the ground where he had been caught for 99 five years earlier ( by Gower , the only current survivor from that England side ) , he now stood tall among the innings ruins . |
| 8 | But Madame Davenant kept a clean and respectable and quiet private hotel , which is why it had been chosen for Miranda and why she liked it , on the whole . |
| 9 | Not for the first time Rostov wondered why he had been selected for this particular mission . |