Example sentences of "[vb past] been [verb] for [adj] [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 | Each of the patients examined had been referred for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy to investigate dyspeptic symptoms . |
| 7 | Yet they were now learning to kiss as if they had been made for one another , she thought in panic . |
| 8 | A careful search had been made for two orphaned children whom the Sheikha could foster and love as her own . |
| 9 | Throughout 1838 , Darwin had been allowing for Lyellian competitive defeats to extinguish some species before their predetermined ageing overcame them . |
| 10 | Not for the first time Rostov wondered why he had been selected for this particular mission . |
| 11 | 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 … |
| 12 | Yet on the other hand an agreement had been reached for mutual military aid as early as 1609 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Until the launch of the Independent in 1986 , no new national quality daily newspaper had been launched for 1 13 years . |
| 15 | His judgment was almost impeccable , and on the ground where he had been caught for 99 five years earlier ( by Gower , the only current survivor from that England side ) , he now stood tall among the innings ruins . |
| 16 | But they had been chosen for some little time already . |
| 17 | This was so even when a child had been submitted for expert medical examination . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Henderson had been working for British secret services for 20 years , it was revealed last night . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Richard , of course , had been preparing for some such move . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |