Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [been] [vb pp] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lucille Walker had n't brought me clear over to Hollywood just to tell me I 'd been played for a sucker . |
| 2 | ‘ You sound as if I 'd been gone for a few hours and forgot to leave you a note . ’ |
| 3 | I had been asked for a full text of the sermon , to be printed in the society minutes and had gone to some trouble to prepare for the occasion . |
| 4 | It could have been different if I had been accepted for the Forces , but this way I mean to make Marion my wife and I hope … well … well ’ — he jerked his head upwards — ‘ I may as well say it , that if I have a son , or for second best , a daughter , to carry on here . |
| 5 | I even told them I had been recommended for a commission . |
| 6 | ‘ When I heard I had been chosen for the full squad , it was a bit of a shock , but it really was a dream come true . ’ |
| 7 | and they can put that on the recorder but I 've been told for the last two and a half years by this government that I am not unemployed . |
| 8 | Siegfried , I do n't know what you 'll think , but I 've been recommended for the MC — and I 've recommended every single NCO who was with me . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been excused for the moment . |
| 10 | ‘ It will be the third time I 've been measured for a blazer — but I missed out on the last two ( matches ) , ’ Lane added . |
| 11 | ‘ I feel I 've been taken for a fool . ’ |
| 12 | Look at the times I 've been refused for the forces . |
| 13 | I HAVE been treated for a particular medical condition since childhood . |
| 14 | I HAVE been treated for a particular medical condition since childhood . |
| 15 | The House of Lords has asked whether it is sex discrimination , contrary to Directive 76/207/EEC , to dismiss a female employee when she has been engaged for the specific purpose of replacing ( after training ) another female employee who is about to go on maternity leave and when the maternity leave replacement discovers very shortly after appointment that she too is pregnant and will need maternity leave and the employer dismisses her because he needs the job holder to be at work during that period . |
| 16 | Although she always wanted to be a writer , the theatre has claimed a lot of her energy ( she has been nominated for an Emmy and a Tony award ) . |
| 17 | She has been sidestepped for the chief slot on News At Ten , been desperately ill and has now been chopped from her Focus On Britain spot . |
| 18 | In her days as a schoolteacher she 'd been known for the quickness of her wit and her clarity of thought . |
| 19 | By the time I moved in with Lucy and Joe , she 'd been divorced for a couple of years and her ex-husband had emigrated to America . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's not a pleasant feeling to find out you 've been taken for a ride by someone you trusted . ’ |
| 21 | She had been intended for a respectable life . |
| 22 | And in Amabel 's experience it had always been the wife who complained of it , Ethel Lord , for instance , fretting herself into a decline , or very nearly , when her husband had taken to spending so much time in Leeds ; Maria Colclough turning to religion because her man emerged so rarely from his counting house ; even strident Lizzie Braithwaite complaining that she had been neglected for the sake of the business . |
| 23 | That incident so many years ago when she had been punished for the supposed loss of the ring was etched indelibly in her mind . |
| 24 | She had been accepted for the job at Ardis & Co , looking the way she normally looked , but if to keep her job — and she had no idea at that stage whether there was a Vasey junior , or similar , at G Vasey Ltd — she had to go in for a bit of de glamorisation , then so be it . |
| 25 | She had been packed for a day or so , but had realized as she took a last look round that her fridge was still switched on with a bottle of milk inside . |
| 26 | And Anjelica Huston returned to her own home saying that she had been humiliated for the very last time . |
| 27 | Instead , she 's been saved for the moment by an old-fashioned storyteller , worth millions — George Lucas of Star Wars . |
| 28 | She 's been admitted for a D and C. ’ |
| 29 | Now that she 's been nominated for an Oscar , it would be natural for there to be competition between them . |
| 30 | One afternoon we had been taken for a walk up to the top of the mountain behind the camp , which had been good exercise ; from the top I had been able to see the sea . |