Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [be] [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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1 | Trained by the man in form Nigel Twiston-Davies , who had a double at Cheltenham , Captain Dibble has been laid out for the race and has n't run since January when he finished third behind Very Very Ordinary carrying 12 stone at Ascot . |
2 | Robert Taylor has been listening out for the sounds of an economic recovery |
3 | Haunting has been going on for years and years and years . |
4 | The £750,000 Payton has been ruled out for two weeks with a torn hamstring sustained in the FA Cup replay defeat by Portsmouth . |
5 | The undercover soldiers of the S-A-S have been singled out for their bravery in the Gulf War . |
6 | There will also be some kind of performance boost for DB2 — either more microcode or conceivably the dedicated DB2 processor that IBM has been speculating about for 10 years now . |
7 | Although the idea of COSE has been kicking around for more than a year now , it was the possibility of missing the opportunity to be a part of a very public announcement on the opening day of the UniForum show that finally drove some of the parties to the table — and final agreement was reached barely 48 hours before Wednesday 17 , opening day of the San Francisco event . |
8 | Although the idea of COSE has been kicking around for more than a year now , it was the possibility of missing the opportunity to be a part of a very public announcement on the opening day of the UniForum show that finally drove some of the parties to the table . |
9 | Most of the Kabye living in Lomé had been rounded up for protection by the army , saying their houses had been ransacked by the Ewes . |
10 | By 1988 West Indies were going through what England had been going through for as long as anyone could remember : a period of transition . |
11 | ‘ They realised just what the people in Northern Ireland have been going through for 25 years . |
12 | England have been shown up for the lack of quality in their line-up , although Gooch 's illness here , Michael Atherton 's illness in Calcutta and the stupidity of leaving out Phil Tufnell from the first Test and Atherton on the second Test all contributed to an unexpectedly one-sided contest . |
13 | Number 47 , Nelson Square has been put up for sale , and I understand that a buyer is interested in the property , subject to a structural survey . |
14 | Well you say that International Women 's Day has been going on for some time , but here in Britain what 's known as the Women 's Movement has been in operation now for about , what , twenty one/twenty two years , something like that . |
15 | HARTLEPOOL United defender Keith Nobbs has been ruled out for four weeks . |
16 | Len Daniels had been given up for dead by his wife . |
17 | It would have been better if Cuntona had n't equalised or if Bruce had been sent off for clothes-lining that turk on the half-way line . |
18 | It appears to me as though Captain Diobble has been laid out for the race and although there are no such things as a certainty in a National , I feel he may be the right one . |
19 | The uprising is certainly an historic event , but the conflict over Palestine has been going on for a century now . |
20 | The uprising is certainly an historic event , but the conflict over Palestine has been going on for a century now . |
21 | The lease of Barrington Court in Somerset has been put up for sale by the Trust 's tenant , Mr. Andrew Lyle , along with his family 's surrounding freehold farmland . |
22 | They also missed a second half penalty , stand-in keeper Billy Drake saving from David McCabe after Graham McConnell had been sent off for bringing down Finty McConville . |
23 | The search for Louise Butler had been going on for over two days . |
24 | The Cavaliers and Roundheads have been stocking up for another season , re-enacting the English Civil War . |
25 | Barclays Bank in Britain has been casting about for months for a chief executive . |
26 | ‘ Both of them play have represented Denmark at under-21 level while Morton has been called up for the senior squad . |
27 | Despite all the money the Politicals had been siphoning off for years , a very sore point with the rest of us , they claimed to have no material on the terrorists beyond a few isolated descriptions and photographs . |
28 | Volkov had been written off for the last five years . |
29 | ‘ Hodge has been ruled out for the season after an appendix operation , but I am confident Jones will do a good job . |
30 | Earlier , with just seconds remaining of normal time , Mark Hughes had been sent off for a second bookable offence and his team mates then produced a magnificent display of courageous football to keep themselves in this tie . |