Example sentences of "they have [be] [vb pp] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | you know , I mean they were so good when they came here but I mean they 've been shut in for months now ! |
| 2 | Because they 're a year younger than I am , two years younger and they 've been registered now for six , seven , eight , or nine years . |
| 3 | And that 's what they 've been cut off for . |
| 4 | He takes yachts from wherever they 've been laid up for the winter to their summer cruising grounds . ’ |
| 5 | Another thing , perhaps , we should notice right at the very beginning is that Jesus did n't actually speak in pa , in in er , in chapters , and they 've lost , they 've been put in for our convenience , and chapter fifteen is not the beginning of a new incident Jesus had already been speaking to the people , he had been teaching them in chapter fourteen . |
| 6 | Four in five employees surveyed believed they had been turned down for jobs because they were too old , even though they had the right skills . |
| 7 | The scenes on pottery described above belong to a very small minority , but they have been singled out for their outstanding interest and significance in the study of religious practices . |
| 8 | She said people receiving the letter should not worry that they have been singled out for any genuine reason . |
| 9 | Although they have been pencilled in for the Cymru Alliance next season , Llani have faint hopes of winning a reprieve if a present club pulls out of the Konica League . |
| 10 | Damaged by fire ten years ago and closed ever since they have been restored especially for the exhibition the Neo-classical architecture and decorative elements making an ideal setting for Canova 's works . |
| 11 | ‘ They have very mixed feelings really — anger because they have been put away for something they did n't do , and defiance to see justice done . ’ |
| 12 | They have been bred specially for chipping : they are not good for boiling because they tend to explode , but they cook fast and — hideous thought — absorb fat quickly . |