Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] had [been] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Tim , from Great Sankey , was a dedicated fan of the club and had been shopping for an Everton strip on the day of the Bridge Street bombing . |
| 4 | This had a separate entrance and had been used for many purposes — the storage of deeds by the Wilts and Dorset Bank , prior to this by Mr. Peru , a solicitor , but when I was a small boy it had been leased to The Haunch of Venison Inn as a wine store and bottling plant . |
| 5 | A lone man at nearly midnight , wearing a thin jacket in a storm that had been blowing for over an hour … |
| 6 | As I crouched in the slit trench in the semi-darkness I could hear the odd British shell that had been intended for the Germans but had dropped short in the orchard explode with a terrific roar close at hand , causing a shower of dirt to fall from the roof of the trench . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In Australia , he had rejuvenated a sport that had been declining for years ; in England , he did exactly the same , leaving people exhilarated by his team 's play wherever they went and creating a great new surge of interest in the game . |
| 9 | She 'd moved over by the window and had been reaching for a chair , but now she stopped . |
| 10 | The inquest heard that Leonie had been seen regularly by her GP and had been referred for psychiatric treatment . |
| 11 | Gorbachev , speaking at the closing ceremony , acknowledged that there were basic disagreements between the two sides , but thought the meeting had created ‘ opportunities for progress ’ ; Reagan thought that ‘ useful preliminary results ’ had been achieved , and hoped that further progress would be achieved at the meeting that had been arranged for the following year . |
| 12 | And the NRPB 's move also emphasized a process that had been continuing for many years . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The plant , built in 1974 , had a poor safety record and had been closed for a two-year period following a failure in the control system in 1985 , and could no longer provide electricity at a competitive price . |
| 15 | But not even the penny-pinching Strange could have complained overmuch about the price that had been paid for the extraordinary information Morse had gleaned . |
| 16 | The banks have been hostile to the plans from the beginning but had been waiting for the right moment to withdraw on commercial rather than political grounds . |
| 17 | This placed an unfortunate obstacle in the path of the police who might otherwise , simply on the grounds of suspicion , make a ‘ clean sweep ’ of all known criminals — a policy that had been advocated for some years by Matthew Davenport Hill , the Recorder of Birmingham — as a sure means to guarantee the safety of the streets . |
| 18 | When combined with the growing criticisms of its injustice , these findings undermined all the claims for enlightenment and scientific efficiency that had been made for rehabilitation as a penal aim . |
| 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 | As their experience built up , the Treasury became less and less convinced that the role that had been envisaged for the nationalised industries in overall demand management was a desirable one . |
| 21 | As an amateur jockey Pip has had eight National hunt wins this season and had been challenging for the Ladies Championship . |
| 22 | Though since to find an alternative word was n't going to alter matters at all by the look of it , Fabia began to wonder if perhaps Vendelin Gajdusek was coming back from Prague today to keep his appointment but had been delayed for some reason or another . |
| 23 | It was worn and comfortable-looking , like an old , well-loved piece of furniture that had been kept for years . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | They gave him a letter that had been waiting for his arrival . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The twins had wandered out of the rectory garden and had been missing for twenty minutes . |
| 30 | Mr Waterworth worked for an agency and had been driving for the Fewston Transport Company , of Skipton , at the time of the tragedy . |