Example sentences of "they [vb past] [be] [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm a fool , she thought tearfully , knowing the very last vestiges of the shaky companionship they shared were gone for good . |
| 2 | ‘ When they 'd been separated for ten years , ’ said Mr Brownlow , ‘ your father met another family . |
| 3 | They posed for photographers at the star-studded show , giving the lie to rumours they had been separated for several weeks . |
| 4 | When they had been seated for some time Titch said : ‘ I suppose you 've heard the news ? ’ |
| 5 | He went from house to house dragging two metal ingots and everybody was amazed to see pots , pans , tongs and braziers tumble down from their places and beams creak from the desperation of nails and screws trying to emerge , and even objects that had been lost for a long time appeared from where they had been searched for most and went dragging along in turbulent confusion behind Melquíades ' magical irons . |
| 6 | Uscfrea and Yffi died in infancy in Gaul among the Franks , where they had been sent for greater safety ( HE 11 , 20 ) . |
| 7 | Yet they were now learning to kiss as if they had been made for one another , she thought in panic . |
| 8 | She had brought glasses and dishes from home , she said ; they had been boxed for many years too long . |
| 9 | Often they had been laid for commercial purposes , including coal mining , but were becoming disused . |
| 10 | But they had been chosen for some little time already . |
| 11 | They had been provided for many years by the YWCA , and other urban based and normally middle class-run charitable societies dispensing relief and assistance . |