Example sentences of "[vb past] have been [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It looked to have been wasted for good in 1990 when , after struggling to overcome injuries and failing exams , he packed up and returned home to Teesside . |
| 2 | Finally , that was in a general way an instrument of state policy , in this case one felt to have been used for ill , is indicated by one of the several criticisms made of Bayezid I 's Grand Vezir Candarli Ali Pasa in the early histories . |
| 3 | Further inquiries were now being made and the substance seized had been sent for scientific analysis . |
| 4 | That ache that she thought had been satiated for all time was back within her . |
| 5 | The kitchens appeared to have been designed for human use , judging from the height of the working surfaces and the sheer size of the ladles , pots and pans and other pieces of equipment . |
| 6 | He was simply lucky , perhaps , that the land which he sold had been allocated for residential purposes in a period when a new suburban city was coming into being . |