Example sentences of "the [noun sg] had been [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trial had been featured for the previous three days . |
| 2 | Hodgson believed that the case had been made for an entirely open , competitive labour market in the West Indies . |
| 3 | The referendum had been scheduled for November but had been postponed at the request of the political parties following the transitional government 's evident difficulties in drawing up a voters ' register . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The same meeting also approved the Conveyances of the land from the Bolney Estate Company and Mr K.K. McKenzie , and the Trustees were authorised to pay over the sums of £3,000 and £1,000 respectively ( this is several weeks after part of the course had been opened for play ! ) , and Mr J. C. Walker , the Treasurer , was asked to draw up some proposals for the Club 's bye-laws . |
| 6 | And it is left obvious that the card had been printed for her aides to make notes for her forthcoming speeches . |
| 7 | The figures were much the same after the experiment had been running for three months , but 83% thought the experiment should continue . |
| 8 | This was interesting ; some tritium was occurring naturally in the heavy water and when they measured the tritium levels after the experiment had been running for some hours they found that the tritium level had dropped . |
| 9 | Why of course : the Essoldo had been built for these middle class folk in the 1930s — they were Patrons ! |
| 10 | Yet at the time the report was released , the actual company that was used as the basis for the research had been trading for five months and is coping well with a difficult launch period and providing to be highly successful in meeting its targets . |
| 11 | The car had been waiting for him . |
| 12 | It was obvious to Michael and Geoffrey that the car had been waiting for them . |
| 13 | The squinch had been known for some time and was used in Persia , Turkestan , Armenia and Asia Minor . |
| 14 | The plan had been criticized for being geared towards extracting the optimum " harvest " from remaining forests , of lacking consideration towards forest peoples and of being slow to meet requests for assistance from developing countries . |
| 15 | The UDA had been blamed for about one-third of the killings of civilians in Northern Ireland over the previous 23 years ( more than 2,000 civilians having been killed during this period ) . |
| 16 | The hut had been cared for inside as well as out and it was being used . |
| 17 | In the Commons vote in June last year a majority of 123 was against any change , and MPs believed the issue had been settled for this Parliament . |
| 18 | The girl had been missing for what — a week ? — and off-hand he agreed with the local man 's judgement that she had been here for most of it . |
| 19 | The hillside had been quarried for a great many years . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Although we had been in the land of constant daylight for several days , the sun had been hidden for much of the time by high cloud . |
| 22 | The museum had been closed for several months because of a leaking roof . |
| 23 | Only a week ago , a drunk in the village had been arrested for singing that song . |
| 24 | It was doubtful if the equipment had been used for years . |
| 25 | Reports pointed out that though the act had been passed for women 's protection , it seemed it was being used almost exclusively to punish poor women . |
| 26 | Commodore G. Paul , plans of the drainage under the green had been made for future reference . |
| 27 | The conference had been scheduled for May [ see pp. 38665-66 ] , and a government statement of May 8 emphasized that the government still had a " firm determination to hold the sovereign national conference " . |
| 28 | The cultivator had been displayed for sale outside the front of the house , but was put in the back garden for safe-keeping on Friday night . |
| 29 | Other Western diplomats , local journalists and most political analysts claimed , however , that the coup had been rumoured for weeks and had a level of sophistication far greater than that expected from mostly illiterate soldiers in the ranks . |
| 30 | Mr McIntyre said the development at Hafton House was the turnaround in fortunes the community had been waiting for since the Holy Loch US Navy base was closed last March . |