Example sentences of "[vb past] been [verb] for [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later in that passage he wrote : ‘ It was n't until thirty years later when I saw her in another woman [ Elizabeth Taylor ] that I realised I had been searching for her all my life . ’ |
| 2 | Lily looked as though she had been thinking for her whole family all her life ; she was younger , by far , than she appeared . |
| 3 | Compaore on Jan. 9 ordered the rehabilitation of over 4,000 people who had been punished for their political or trades union activities since 1983 , when Capt. Thomas Sankara took power . |
| 4 | There was nothing to spare unless he used the rupee that he had been given for his own food . |
| 5 | It is diverted to the alien nest where it drops into the cuckoo 's mouth the food that had been destined for its own young . |
| 6 | The office appointment had been intended for his elder brother Jonas , who appeared to possess the mind of a future attorney . |
| 7 | In those days the paper had sold 5.25 million copies and had been respected for its powerful , picture-led campaigning journalism , its commitment to the Labour Party , and the chord it struck with its primarily working-class readership . |
| 8 | Tony Scowcroft , press officer for the Plymouth Argyle Supporters Association London Branch , said the pub had been chosen for its good beer , good food and atmosphere . |
| 9 | Captain James Cook [ q.v. ] , on completing his second global circumnavigation , highly praised Jackson 's beer concentrate , which had been used for its antiscorbutic qualities . |
| 10 | ( Widowed woman receiving ( then ) supplementary benefit who had been caring for her frail mother for ten years ) |
| 11 | The pensioner had been caring for his sick wife and had been able to make the US trip only because she had been taken into a nursing home to allow him to have the break . |