Example sentences of "[vb past] been [verb] for [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each of the patients examined had been referred for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy to investigate dyspeptic symptoms . |
| 2 | Throughout 1838 , Darwin had been allowing for Lyellian competitive defeats to extinguish some species before their predetermined ageing overcame them . |
| 3 | Yet on the other hand an agreement had been reached for mutual military aid as early as 1609 . |
| 4 | This was so even when a child had been submitted for expert medical examination . |
| 5 | Henderson had been working for British secret services for 20 years , it was revealed last night . |
| 6 | He dragged the 18-year-old girl to a nearby common and forced her into humiliating sex acts for more than an hour while the three-month-old baby she had been caring for lay alone in the house . |
| 7 | Cholecystectomy had been performed for suspected biliary colic 3 months to 30 years previously , however , in five of nine patients who went on to develop biliary tract calculi , discounting this theory . |
| 8 | In an attempt to avoid rural unrest , Chamorro confirmed that it would be impossible to return land confiscated and distributed among peasants who now held legal title or that which had been confiscated for important public purposes . |