Example sentences of "[noun sg] have be [verb] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No certificate has been found for her presumed marriage to Dandré , with whom she spent the rest of her life . |
| 2 | Your mistress has been ringing for you this past fifteen minutes ! ’ |
| 3 | The theory of the new international division of labour has been criticized for its uncompromising condemnation of TNC operations in the Third World , on the grounds that there is not very much that is new about it and that it relies on an empirical base that is far too limited ( see , for example , Cohen , 1987 , ch.7 ; Jenkins , 1984 ; Gordon , 1988 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ The apparel industry has been searching for something new for a long time and this is something which will be exciting . |
| 5 | The Polish government has promised not to send them home , but no deal has been reached for their resettlement . |
| 6 | A good bibliography — particularly if annotated — may reflect an author 's authoritative grasp of his field ( conversely , a large bibliography of titles listed baldly , without organization or comment , may indicate that an outsider has been employed for its preparation ) . |
| 7 | If the employee has been working for you for up to eight weeks and does not have a linking letter or a Leaver 's statement , phone your Social Security office and ask if the start of the PIW you are dealing with links back to a claim to a Social Security benefit . |
| 8 | Research has been de-mystified for us — we 've done it . |
| 9 | Cecil made it quite clear that in his opinion , at least , the " strangers " in charge of the works were pretending to act simply and fairly towards the society but were thought to be dealing more for their own " private lucre " than for the benefit of the society , " … this despite diverse great sums of money due by them for rent having been remitted for their better encouragement to carry on the work … " |
| 10 | And it is left obvious that the card had been printed for her aides to make notes for her forthcoming speeches . |
| 11 | It was obvious to Michael and Geoffrey that the car had been waiting for them . |
| 12 | The car had been waiting for him . |
| 13 | I was surprised , therefore , to discover that quite a busy programme had been arranged for me . |
| 14 | She calmly told me that the police had called round and that Nassim had been looking for me . |
| 15 | As before , the problems of interpreting outcomes outweigh the difficulties of assessment and some of the criteria used in research have been criticized for their cultural and class bias . |
| 16 | Schools that have had an HMI inspection have found that much of their work has been done for them — though it is difficult to imagine that schools will therefore be applying in large numbers for a full inspection ! |
| 17 | This works even better when you pre-tag the text so that when the document is read into the page makeup program all the basic work has been done for you . |
| 18 | In many cases some of the work has been done for you by previous scholars ; so , for example there is a book called Allusions in Ulysses ( which lists allusions made in James Joyce 's novel Ulysses ) . |
| 19 | Garlic has been known for its healing properties for more than 5,000 years . |
| 20 | Cleveland County Council has been praised for its work in the equal opportunities field . |
| 21 | Today though Her Majesty 's ambassador to Moscow visited Maxat the horse and announced that a home has been found for him at last in the Queen 's household Cavalry . |
| 22 | The business lobby has been squealing for everything from accelerated depreciation allowances to a Business Development Board to grant cheap loans . |
| 23 | Tony Scowcroft , press officer for the Plymouth Argyle Supporters Association London Branch , said the pub had been chosen for its good beer , good food and atmosphere . |
| 24 | The Social Security Advisory Committee had been asked for its solution to the argument about when men and women should retire . |
| 25 | Such theories must have attracted the Eliot who so often had connected modern and savage life and whose own poetry had been attacked for its apparently illogical movements from one image to the next . |
| 26 | The girl had been missing for what — a week ? — and off-hand he agreed with the local man 's judgement that she had been here for most of it . |
| 27 | I am pleased to inform you that a place has been reserved for you on the above course . |
| 28 | What if your place has been described for you as being a so-called ‘ minority ’ , or an ‘ emerging voice ’ ? |
| 29 | A warrant has been issued for his arrest . |
| 30 | The aristocracy of this period has been castigated for its naked self-interest and expediency . |