Example sentences of "[vb past] been [verb] [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | When questioned they admitted that this state of affairs had been going on for some time . |
| 32 | Mat. 's door , in my own mind I had been slung out for encouraging unseemly behaviour from a male patient and was miserably working on the choice of my next career . |
| 33 | Land nearby had been bought up for 300 workers ' houses . |
| 34 | Mr O'Malley said a decision had been put off for 48 hours to permit a special investigation of Mr Reynolds ' allegation by Irish High Court president Mr Justice Liam Hamilton . |