Example sentences of "[vb past] been [vb pp] [noun] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one had been called Emily for a hundred years . |
| 2 | Ahmed Abdallah Abderrahman , who had been re-elected President for a second term in September 1984 , was assassinated in November 1989 [ see pp. 37033-34 ] . |
| 3 | The north London club 's preparations were far from ideal , entering the game just 48 hours after they had been fined £50,000 for a breach of League regulations and chairman Stan Flashman had been involved in a scuffle with photographers at the London hearing . |
| 4 | Another person had been offered £50 for a voucher and the other £30 . |
| 5 | One man , who would not give his name , said he had been offered £75 for a voucher and was ‘ open to further offers ’ . |