Example sentences of "[vb past] been [verb] for [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Why of course : the Essoldo had been built for these middle class folk in the 1930s — they were Patrons ! |
2 | The exception was Dawn Allenby , a woman in her thirties who had been engaged for this first production only and who , two days into rehearsal , had fallen heavily for Richard St Ives . |
3 | He had been speaking for some five minutes or more with force and conviction , carried away by the things which concerned him greatly . |
4 | He had found the one he had been searching for all those years — the one wavering on the brink of eternal damnation . |
5 | The wood at the back of the painting was deeply scored with a dagger as if someone had been searching for some secret crevice or compartment . |
6 | Not for the first time Rostov wondered why he had been selected for this particular mission . |
7 | Neither of us had been prepared for this sudden release of feeling ; Edward seemed embarrassed by the confession , I embarrassed by his embarrassment , and regretting my earlier ungenerous thoughts … |
8 | Five of those released on Christmas Eve 1772 had been gaoled for each owing 12s 8d , and were given half a crown ( 2s 6d ) on discharge . |
9 | But they had been chosen for some little time already . |
10 | A social wage had been provided for those unable for whatever reason to earn , or those whose earning capacity had been interrupted by illness , injury , and unemployment . |
11 | Richard , of course , had been preparing for some such move . |