Example sentences of "had been [vb pp] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | A barricade of flagstones prised up from the floor had been erected for a final stand and the Collector , snatching a moment to look back towards it , was dismayed to see that the other party was already behind it , thus leaving himself and his men exposed on the flank . |
| 3 | At the time of the survey there was no drama specialist on the staff , although a drama/English teacher had been appointed for the next year . |
| 4 | In addition aid money from the food programme , which by 1989 was worth $1,300 million per year to Iraq in loan guarantees , was channelled through the Atlanta branch of the Italian-owned Banca Nazionale del Lavoro , officials of which had been indicted for a separate multi-million dollar fraud involving arms for Iraq in 1989 [ see pp. 37425-26 ] . |
| 5 | But it was Raynor who told her things about the Castle she did not know ; how it had been built for the first High Queen of all , and how the ancient pure magic had been woven into its walls . |
| 6 | Some thought that far too many opulent and now half-empty movie palaces had been built for the elusive fashionable trade whilst others detected a more general dulling of the palate as the masses lost their enthusiasm for the old stories and seemed all too ready for something new . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Her blouse fell open and her naked breast was warmed by the hot sun and his mouth drawing her desire from deep within her , a desire she thought had been lost for no other man would have been able to free it , no other but him . |
| 9 | The red silk dress had been exchanged for a slender column of midnight-blue sequins that caught the light and spun it back in dizzying rainbows of colour . |
| 10 | None of the other parties apparently secured the 7 per cent minimum required to achieve representation , although five seats had been reserved for the two Christian Assyrian Parties . |
| 11 | The last two carriages of the 10.20am London-to-Oxford train had been reserved for the royal party . |
| 12 | Conversation with Alexei had been limited for the past day to standard matters of duty , and since he had not been able to think of anything which he could say to change his son 's attitude , he had allowed himself to accept that the state of affairs which existed between them was likely to be permanent . |
| 13 | The trouble began when 10,000 Moslems marched in the town centre , protesting that permission had been granted for a five-day Christian revivalist rally to be addressed by a German preacher , Reinhard Bonnke , whereas some weeks previously permission had been refused for a South African imam to visit Kano . |
| 14 | Howard Samuel never had the courage to tell him that he had no recollection of their night-time conversation because of his post-prandial condition , so Randolph always regarded the fact that the licence had been obtained for the Labour Party as a gross breach of trust . |
| 15 | Mr Bennet warned that although good prices had been obtained for the contracting subsidiaries , it was not clear whether the banks and the secured bondholders would get all of their money back , and he was very cautious about whether there would be any dividend for the ordinary creditors , let alone the shareholders . |
| 16 | Returning to NAMAS , A. Lally ( MAFF , CVL , Weybridge ) illustrated how accreditation had been obtained for an environmental radiochemical analysis laboratory . |
| 17 | I had been asked for a full text of the sermon , to be printed in the society minutes and had gone to some trouble to prepare for the occasion . |
| 18 | Last year , nearly £300 had been collected for the Spanish Fund , and within the space of a month , including Xmas no less than three large indoor meetings had been held , of which one was the Town Hall meeting at which one of the largest collections ever received at a Labour meeting in Leeds was taken up . |
| 19 | The trial had been featured for the previous three days . |
| 20 | Once patients had been seen for an initial consultation , half were treated within five weeks and 80 per cent within six months , she added . |
| 21 | That incident so many years ago when she had been punished for the supposed loss of the ring was etched indelibly in her mind . |
| 22 | Gorbachev , speaking at the closing ceremony , acknowledged that there were basic disagreements between the two sides , but thought the meeting had created ‘ opportunities for progress ’ ; Reagan thought that ‘ useful preliminary results ’ had been achieved , and hoped that further progress would be achieved at the meeting that had been arranged for the following year . |
| 23 | Initially , she had been ostracised in some quarters , and on several occasions when she had arranged a soiree , rival parties had been arranged for the same night . |
| 24 | There , temporary accommodation had been arranged for the rescued sect personnel in the local church hall and community centre , and for the captured heavies in the town jailhouse . |
| 25 | He had been gone for a long time . |
| 26 | Should the elective resolution cease to have effect , if the authority has lasted for 5 years or more before the election it expires forthwith : otherwise it has effect as if it had been given for a fixed period of 5 years . |
| 27 | Members heard funding had been given for a fourth ear , nose and throat surgeon . |
| 28 | The prizewinner was presented with a cup , which had been given for the first time in 1987 . |
| 29 | Awards chairman Alan Peaford told the audience at Torquay that 1,266 entries , the second highest so far , had been received for the 1992 contest , from every continent except Antarctica . |
| 30 | The current year , the ninety three ninety four year I have figures only up to the end of December and in comparison to the previous full twelve months the number of applications is almost as high in the first three quarters of the year but the fee income is about half what had been received for the full previous year and that is the problem that we 're facing , that the number of applications , the amount of work is , is staying the same or is indeed increasing slightly , er but the fee income , because of the nature of the the applications and the fee regime that is charged , is actually falling off quite rapidly . |