Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] have [be] [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Terrorist Squad believed it had been intended for the Lord Mayor 's Parade later that day . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 3 | He presumed they had been written for him to use as references for his next employer , but he tore them up angrily . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He felt he had been imprisoned for ever on this mad , rotating world , racing ceaselessly through its dark orbit . |
| 6 | But then , when you said they 'd been gone for a couple of years … ’ |
| 7 | He said he had been paid for the picture , but admitted that ‘ in order to entice bidders ’ he had agreed with Sotheby 's that payment would be spread over three instalments . |
| 8 | He said he 'd been followed for the last week or so . |