Example sentences of "which [vb past] be [vb pp] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prizewinner was presented with a cup , which had been given for the first time in 1987 . |
| 2 | Before the second Dutch war they argued for parliamentary control of the revenue destined for the war , and during the session of 1666–7 Garway was in the forefront of the group 's attacks on government corruption , proposing a statutory committee to examine the accounts of the money which had been given for the war with the Dutch . |
| 3 | We went on to the villa which had been requisitioned for the Bologna branch of the Allied Screening Commission : like all the villas requisitioned by Germans and members of the Allied forces alike , it was far too splendid for the purpose to which they put it . |
| 4 | We do not know precisely on what grounds , but it had already broken down by August 1093 , the date which had been fixed for the final settlement of differences between the kings of England and Scotland . |
| 5 | Einstein , which had been written for the Philip Glass Ensemble , was followed by Satyagraha ( ‘ truth-force ) , a more lyrical opera utilising full orchestra which was concerned with Gandhi 's early years in South Africa and the development of his philosophy of non-violence . |
| 6 | The survey , which had been scheduled for the summer , has started two months early and is expected to bear fruit by mid-June . |
| 7 | He had , in fact , been preparing for an operation to remove his hernia , which had been scheduled for the beginning of January , but because of his winter illnesses it was postponed until the summer . |
| 8 | There were some letters to his mother , widowed and living in Bury — some phrases from which had been plundered for the article in the Sunday Chronicle . |
| 9 | Wickham turned his attention to the typewriter which had been used for the death threat . |
| 10 | More than £4 which had been left for the milkman was stolen from the house in Marwood Drive . |
| 11 | Wolfgang had begun work on an operatic version of Beaumarchais ' controversial play Le Mariage de Figaro , which had been performed for the first time in Paris the year before . |
| 12 | In 1818 , the Walker colliery which had been closed for the preceding 30 years was reopened . |