Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [been] [vb pp] for a " 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 | I even told them I had been recommended for a commission . |
| 5 | ‘ It will be the third time I 've been measured for a blazer — but I missed out on the last two ( matches ) , ’ Lane added . |
| 6 | ‘ I feel I 've been taken for a fool . ’ |
| 7 | I HAVE been treated for a particular medical condition since childhood . |
| 8 | I HAVE been treated for a particular medical condition since childhood . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's not a pleasant feeling to find out you 've been taken for a ride by someone you trusted . ’ |
| 11 | She had been intended for a respectable life . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She 's been admitted for a D and C. ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | But then , when you said they 'd been gone for a couple of years … ’ |
| 16 | Of course not , they 've been elected for a period , they serve to the end of that period , whether they 're made redundant or not , so they go on for the four year term . |
| 17 | They 've been engaged for a year , and it was decided the wedding could take place during August , when there is just routine spraying and pruning to be done , well before the vendange itself , when I can not do without him . ’ |
| 18 | They claim they 've been taken for a ride . |
| 19 | As Middlemass ( 1979 , p. 443 ) remarks of the Act , the TUC ‘ could hardly have accepted such a reversal of the terms of politics as they had been understood for a generation . ’ |
| 20 | There they had been questioned for a long time , in a way which — Alice could see , watching Bert 's face as he told the tale — had not only impressed but sobered the two . |
| 21 | Oxford 's bluff worked for some time , but when by late 1713 the Jacobites finally realised they had been taken for a ride , they began to look to Bolingbroke for support . |
| 22 | These crystals are usually very small , but they have been detected for a range of polymers including polyesters , polyamides , polyethylene , cellulose acetate , and poly ( 4-methyl pentene-1 ) . |
| 23 | These are called reaves and , while they have been known for a long time , their age , extent and probable purpose have only recently been recognised . |
| 24 | But few dogs make better companions than a well trained Shepherd , and they have been used for a wide variety of tasks , aside from their traditional role of protecting flocks of sheep . |
| 25 | The vicar calls for silence for the ‘ Lord Mayor ’ , who makes a short speech declaring he has been elected for a year and a day . |
| 26 | He has been seconded for a year , and his beat is construction , property and hotels . |
| 27 | He has been booked for a series . |
| 28 | ‘ You can imagine what a spell in the Army would have meant for someone who values his fingers as a pianist , so when I came back home I got in touch with some people and now he has been booked for a number of festivals , ’ Alan tells me . |
| 29 | Four times it has been birdied for a one-stroke victory , the most impressive being Sandy Lyle 's wonderful second shot from sand in 1988 . |
| 30 | As an example of discourse analysis data , it has been selected for a particular purpose . |