Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] been [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As deputy chief of Sabah 's Institute for Development Studies , whose activities were viewed by the central government as a threat to the integrity of the Malaysian Federation , Ongkili had been held for 59 days under the Internal Security Act on suspicion of carrying out actions prejudicial to national security . |
| 2 | Jasper and Bert had been gone for ten days . |
| 3 | This second tranche of the SAF had been withheld for six months until Sri Lanka had agreed to the implementation of a policy framework paper outlining the conditions for the government 's stabilization programme . |
| 4 | The opening night of the Folies had been postponed for two days . |
| 5 | Tom Dreaper could not convince him that racing was a business to be taken seriously , and Foinavon had been sold for 2,000 guineas . |
| 6 | Gen. V. Dovgan , a senior military-industrial administrator , had been dismissed and stripped of his rank after it had been revealed that he informally approved the sale of the tanks to ANT , and Deputy Aviation Industry Minister Anatoly Bratukhin had been dismissed for gross violation of arms export regulations . |
| 7 | The Iranian consulate in Geneva had been occupied for four hours on Dec. 14 , 1988 , by opponents of the Tehran regime and evidence had been found that Tale had been collecting information on the Iranian exile community in Switzerland . |
| 8 | Mrs Jonker , of Southport , said Miss Owen had been sacked for gross misconduct after written and verbal warnings . |
| 9 | Originally , some 424 acres ( 170 hectares ) of land in Cramlington had been designated for industrial development . |
| 10 | Jesus , filled with the Spirit , goes off into the wilderness , the place where Israel had been tested for forty . |
| 11 | Professor Seymour-Strachey had been retired for some time now , and had left Grimsby . |
| 12 | After Miss Chalk had been retained for 5,000 guineas David said : ‘ I think my father is pleased . |
| 13 | During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1 , in 1914 still within living memory , Paris had been besieged for four months and forced to surrender . |
| 14 | She and Caan had been separated for three years . |
| 15 | Barry had been divorced for twelve years , had been a member of Dateline but then had moved because of work . |
| 16 | All the Beaufort and the VWH had been penalized for skinny-dipping . |
| 17 | One EC official said yesterday that the problem of fraud involving the Vatican had been understood for several years , and that attempts were being made to stamp it out . |
| 18 | I was roused from my room with a call from the Cambridge police , Stewart had been arrested for disorderly conduct and was demanding that his skipper should come down and bail him out . |
| 19 | The teacher was furious that the photograph taken in her new school on the outskirts of Middlesbrough had been used for political purposes . |
| 20 | On Sept. 17 it was announced that the defence and economic co-operation accord between the USA and Turkey had been extended for another year . |
| 21 | AFTER A Fortnight in Hobart , where Eliza had been stationed for 11 months , Gould and his retinue packed everything , including Eliza 's enumerable drawings , and left for Sydney . |