Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] [vb pp] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In her days as a schoolteacher she 'd been known for the quickness of her wit and her clarity of thought . |
| 2 | And he 'd been braced for the knife lunging out of the darkness . |
| 3 | Her claim failed because no date had been fixed for the ending of her employment . |
| 4 | Even when the happy couple had left for their honeymoon , and the floor of the marquee had been cleared for the dance due to follow the reception , she still felt as though she was wound up as tightly as a spring . |
| 5 | The sum of £60 had been raised for the Telethon Appeal and further weekend competitions are on the programme . |
| 6 | The bowls were then sold to onlookers and by the end of the day over £1,000 had been raised for the storm appeal . |
| 7 | And another £500 had been raised for the appeal . |
| 8 | The little tin house had been built for the friend 's father-in-law who had been the captain of the steamer based on inland Loch Awe . |
| 9 | Einstein , which had been written for the Philip Glass Ensemble , was followed by Satyagraha ( ‘ truth-force ) , a more lyrical opera utilising full orchestra which was concerned with Gandhi 's early years in South Africa and the development of his philosophy of non-violence . |
| 10 | A complaint over parking space led to the discovery that no planning permission had been granted for the guest house . |
| 11 | However , the High Court of Justiciary considered the supply of excisable liquor outwith the permitted hours where an extension of the permitted hours had been granted for the sale or supply of alcoholic liquor to persons taking a table meal , and the liquor had been supplied to persons who had not requested or been provided with a meal . |
| 12 | Mother General 's view was that enough had been done for the child already . |
| 13 | None of this had been done for the prawn . |
| 14 | Nothing had been done for the women who were exploited by prostitution . |
| 15 | Practically nothing had been done for the environment since 1970 ; people had simply built more cars , more roads , more factories , and thrown ever-increasing tons of chemicals on to the land . |
| 16 | After an hour and 55 minutes , some £1,700 had been collected for the fund . |
| 17 | The rules had been amended for the November ECTA meeting . |
| 18 | The two girls stayed up for hours , and by the end of the evening a date had been arranged for the Paris adventure , and Clarissa had confided her plan for the Saturday afternoon of the visit . |
| 19 | Bales had been arranged for the jury as they had been on the night of the fire . |
| 20 | A pre-wedding luncheon had been arranged for the family . |
| 21 | They themselves had been exploited for the purposes of exploitation and although they made a stab at the psychedelic scene , it had n't really come off . |
| 22 | no , I 'd voiced my concern and I understood the instruction had been given for the brochures or for that particular part of the brochure to be withdrawn and |
| 23 | If , on the other hand , ‘ domicile ’ had the meaning which that term had been given for the purposes of the application of the Brussels Convention , it must be assimilated to residence . |
| 24 | Before the second Dutch war they argued for parliamentary control of the revenue destined for the war , and during the session of 1666–7 Garway was in the forefront of the group 's attacks on government corruption , proposing a statutory committee to examine the accounts of the money which had been given for the war with the Dutch . |
| 25 | After evidence had been led for the prosecution counsel for the defendant submitted that there was no case to answer on the theft charges because the manager of the shop had authorised the transactions , so that there had been no appropriation within the meaning of section 1(1) of the Act . |
| 26 | Although not directly linked to the Suso affair , Lee Seung Yoon had been criticized for the country 's rising inflation and trade deficit . |
| 27 | There were some letters to his mother , widowed and living in Bury — some phrases from which had been plundered for the article in the Sunday Chronicle . |
| 28 | He had , in fact , been preparing for an operation to remove his hernia , which had been scheduled for the beginning of January , but because of his winter illnesses it was postponed until the summer . |
| 29 | The survey , which had been scheduled for the summer , has started two months early and is expected to bear fruit by mid-June . |
| 30 | The ADSW claimed current arrangements for arm 's length inspection were proving successful and no case had been made for the change . |