Example sentences of "[vb past] been [vb pp] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within minutes the car was free , and before I could thank the young farmer I 'd been invited back for a cup of tea and some hot broth . |
| 2 | His wife , Shirley , believed we 'd been brought together for a reason and , after a while , she reckoned my sight would be healed . |
| 3 | In patient 10 , who had been operated on for a bleeding ulcer seven years previously , a gastric lymphoma was diagnosed on the basis of biopsy specimens . |
| 4 | Earlier , with just seconds remaining of normal time , Mark Hughes had been sent off for a second bookable offence and his team mates then produced a magnificent display of courageous football to keep themselves in this tie . |
| 5 | Controls comprised 21 patients with ileal pouches constructed during the same period who had been followed up for a mean duration of 43 months ( range 15–119 months ) and who had had endoscopies that showed no evidence of active inflammation . |
| 6 | Some of the manuscript has been saved because it had been printed off for a friend to proof-read . |
| 7 | It proved to be a surprisingly accurate account of what in the event did happen , and is outlined here to illustrate the way in which , in one corner of Oxfordshire , changes which had been argued over for a decade could be effected in a relatively short time . |
| 8 | But her deep tanned face had been lived in for a fistful of decades . |
| 9 | He said Mrs Mawdsley 's husband phoned him the following evening to say she had seen her doctor and had been signed off for a month . |
| 10 | There was a table beside it and a pipe lay on top as if it had been left just for a moment . |
| 11 | Mr Hrawi said no decision had been taken yet for a military showdown . |
| 12 | Mr Hrawi said no decision had been taken yet for a military showdown . |
| 13 | I realized that this was the same place Brian and I had been held in for a week in May 1988 before going to the Pit . |
| 14 | This was a house where four IRA men , surrounded by the police , had been holed up for a number of days . |
| 15 | Secondary education had been provided only for a minority . |
| 16 | The last day had been set aside for a hunting trip , a full day out in the field , putting into practice , hopefully , all we had learned . |
| 17 | An evening had been set aside for a get-together of the Branch 's top 50 clients to promote Special Savings Accounts . |
| 18 | Peter Tomlinson , inexperienced in television terms , had been brought in for a key " anchor " role and I could appreciate the excessive pressure on him . |