Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [been] [vb pp] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In seven years driving a cab this is the first time I 've been done for anything . |
| 2 | I hold the view very strongly — and I know I have been criticised for it — that when a government has not got great experience , is a minority government , it is essential if you can possibly support it that it should be able to speak with a strong voice to the countries of the world . |
| 3 | But at least she has been prepared for her party to stand in elections here . |
| 4 | She has been nominated for her bounty packs campaign — the samples of baby food , drinks , nappies and creams given free to new mothers . |
| 5 | Ruth 's Medau training comes to the fore when she plans her class , and she has been commended for her ‘ whole-body ’ movement . |
| 6 | Karen had dipped badly in her A-levels and had done two years in a commerce school before she 'd been accepted for her degree course . |
| 7 | There is a well known Peanuts cartoon by Charles Schulz in which a girl is sitting at her school desk querying the C-grade she 's been given for her ‘ sculpture ’ made from a coat-hanger . |
| 8 | The third she found broken , knocked over on to its side , the water dripping from a puddle on the windowsill on to a seat below and through that on to the floor , and the flowers scattered and brown-edged , as if they 'd been picked for their beauty and freshness by a little girl and then loosed regardlessly on the path from her sticky hands as she ran off to do something else . |
| 9 | They 've been created for us by none other than Mr. Ken Lo , restaurateur and leading authority on Chinese food . |
| 10 | They 've been bought for what they do . |
| 11 | He presumed they had been written for him to use as references for his next employer , but he tore them up angrily . |
| 12 | His wife now feared that they had been punished for his presumption . |
| 13 | They had been notified for it anyway , you know . |
| 14 | And they have been rewarded for it . |
| 15 | They have been selected for their easy-to-understand controls and ease of maintenance . |
| 16 | But we know children can be at risk from even well-qualified professionals appointed to care for them ( not least in children 's homes to which they have been sent for their own welfare and safety ) , or from parents not burdened by a ‘ learning difficulty ’ label ( witness the recent ‘ home alone ’ cases here and in the United States ) . |
| 17 | Mr Gummer has used the guest house for every Tory conference since his student days and he told friends that he has been rewarded for his continued custom with the best room in the house . |
| 18 | Cummins was the West Indies ' leading wicket-taker in the World Cup and he has been selected for their squad to tour Australia this winter . |
| 19 | Whatever anybody else says , whatever doubts fi experiences may come our way that we will never ever be judged for a for our sins , because Christ has taken that judgement on himself , he has been judged for us , the price has been paid . |
| 20 | The third party is now commonly known as an expert , usually because he has been chosen for his expertise about the issue between the parties . |
| 21 | It has been tailored for its purpose and has been tested extensively over the past 12 years . |
| 22 | It has been known for its medicinal properties for 2,000 years and has been used by Russian cosmonauts since the 1970s . |
| 23 | Though the stone was large , the ornate gold band was small , and it fitted as if it had been made for her . |
| 24 | Ken told the story as though it had been scripted for him for Hancock 's Half Hour . |
| 25 | He took to the Cobra position as if it had been designed for him . |
| 26 | And er it had been known for them to split . |
| 27 | One or two of the boys would go in there , fellers of the village , and they would stop there all night , and the next night ; and they say it had been known for it to go the week ; have a week settin' in , staying in the pub . |
| 28 | In theory he had been prepared for it all along , but that it should happen now , right now … |
| 29 | There was nothing to spare unless he used the rupee that he had been given for his own food . |
| 30 | Bissett 's difficulty lay in the time he had been allocated for his paper on the theoretical dimensions of the device . |