Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] been [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been searching for news of you all over Chelsea , Eaton Square , Cadogan Gardens … not a sign of your people anywhere . ’ |
| 2 | I 've been working for Radio Skerne for about six years now . |
| 3 | Do you know I 've been dieting for week and I feel |
| 4 | And she has a hundred and forty and he 's gotten of cans for the his mum and Stewart 's been getting some cans for the shop for his granddad and I 've been asking for permission to go into the dump and get some for there . |
| 5 | ‘ It is obvious that I have been exploited for propaganda purposes in a film in which I should never have allowed myself to appear , ’ he bitterly commented afterwards . |
| 6 | I have been prepared for death for many years . ’ |
| 7 | She 'd been longing for peace and quiet so that she could get on with her carving , and , now that she had it , was standing here like a loon ! |
| 8 | ‘ I understand you 've been recommended for business training at our school here . |
| 9 | She frequently attacked her attendants and discharged herself from institutions where she had been sent for treatment . |
| 10 | She had been treated for depression . |
| 11 | She had been heading for trouble by ever imagining that this man could be touched like any normal human being . |
| 12 | All afternoon she had been waiting for evidence of the racing rumour-machine at work . |
| 13 | She had been meant for Tolonen — as a ‘ gift ’ to replace his murdered daughter — but Jelka 's survival had meant a change of plans . |
| 14 | She had been admitted for treatment on many occasions , he said . |
| 15 | Further to your recent interview for the above post , I am pleased to advise that you have been selected for short-list interview . |
| 16 | I refer to your recent application for the above position and am pleased to advise that you have been selected for interview . |
| 17 | I refer to your recent application for the above position and am pleased to inform you that you have been selected for interview . |
| 18 | Less ambitiously , you might ask your employer to agree to repatriate you , together with your family and possessions , free of charge , if your job ends prematurely for any reason , except perhaps if you have been dismissed for misconduct . |
| 19 | ‘ Karim , you have been cast for authenticity and not for experience . ’ |
| 20 | With only two exceptions you all did very well in your qualifying examinations and I am very proud of the school 's results , but , I am sorry , only twelve of you have been accepted for Form 1 . ’ |
| 21 | It is perfectly in order to ask for a copy of the annual report , the balance sheet and any other promotional material as soon as you have been called for interview , or even beforehand . |
| 22 | When you are ready , the person you have been yearning for will enter the meadow , and approach you . |
| 23 | ‘ The editor we 've been looking for will also have to be able to cope with Alice Cooper dropping into our offices , plus other heavy metal groups who 've been into the heavy metal jewellery shop , the Great Frog which is in Carnaby Street beneath our offices . |
| 24 | Driving for cash er well an indication of how strongly we , we 've been driving for cash is that er the reduction i in er operating cash flow is less than the reduction in profit . |
| 25 | ‘ We 've been preparing for war for ages . |
| 26 | ‘ We have been punished for schoolboy errors in defence and we can not afford similar slips against Hartlepool . |
| 27 | That as they 've been made redundant , as they 've been victimized for trade union activity possibly , we then as a union decide that they can not stand for office ? |
| 28 | Maurice Hope held a similar view , though he favoured social rather than genetic factors : ‘ Black people are natural fighters ; they 've been fighting for survival and they 've been in that condition all their lives . |
| 29 | TUBE passenger Jonathan Zito was stabbed to death in front of his brother just after they had been reunited for Christmas . |
| 30 | Items generated internally would be recorded once they had been authorised for issue . |