Example sentences of "had been [verb] [verb] way for " in BNC.
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| 1 | On July 7 the small Hural had been disbanded to make way for the Great Hural to act as the country 's new single-chamber legislative body . |
| 2 | An early fourth-century building had been demolished to make way for the wall , thus providing an approximate date for its construction . |
| 3 | A whole street of houses had been demolished to make way for the edifice looming above her , Isabel vaguely recalled hearing . |
| 4 | The previous occupant had been a Swiss merchant who had been evicted to make way for the English milord and his lady , and Jane had a suspicion that the Swiss , like all foreigners , harboured strange and filthy diseases . |
| 5 | By this time the tiny west wing of the villa had been removed to make way for a gigantic conservatory , which has since disappeared . |
| 6 | The embarrassed staff related the sorry saga of how the seats had been removed to make way for cargo . |