Example sentences of "and had been [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd moved over by the window and had been reaching for a chair , but now she stopped . |
| 2 | Later Seddon telephoned to tell me that a young man — actually a volunteer from the Metropolitan police — had duly appeared at Southend , and had been remanded for a week . |
| 3 | Tim , from Great Sankey , was a dedicated fan of the club and had been shopping for an Everton strip on the day of the Bridge Street bombing . |
| 4 | The plant , built in 1974 , had a poor safety record and had been closed for a two-year period following a failure in the control system in 1985 , and could no longer provide electricity at a competitive price . |
| 5 | If children had already married and had been provided for a will was not necessary . |