Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [be] [verb] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Potsdam Mountbatten had been given responsibility for accepting the Japanese surrender south of the 16th parallel . |
| 2 | New York private dealer William Beadleston had been asking $725,000 for ‘ La Fleur de Barbe ’ , an oil on paper by Jean Dubuffet of 1959 . |
| 3 | Acting Navy Secretary Sean C. O'Keefe , Garrett 's successor , announced at a press conference on Sept. 24 that Williams and Gordon had been granted requests for early retirement , while Davis had been reassigned to another post . |
| 4 | The point was that the plaintiffs ' interest in Jarrad exceeded their interest in Jesner , and they contended that the object of Jarrad had been to provide money for the family and not to have its assets syphoned off to prop up Jesner . |
| 5 | Malaysia had been seeking endorsement for the EAEC and a programme of action for its implementation . |
| 6 | The Mass offered was to include prayers for the ‘ happy state and safety ’ of their Majesties Philip and Mary , of George and John Dakyn and other benefactors of John Dakyn and the hospital during their lives , and for the repose of their souls after death . |
| 7 | Englefield had been fighting 'Mill for second spot . |
| 8 | Dzerzhinsky had been made Commissar for Transport in the first place to deal with internal troubles among the railwaymen , many of whom had opposed the Bolsheviks in 1917 and nearly brought Lenin 's government to its knees after the October Revolution . |
| 9 | Maura had been seeing Terry for nearly five months , and miraculously had managed to keep him a secret . |