Example sentences of "been [verb] for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not tell him that his imitation of the French was far more like what I had been seeing for the past year . |
| 2 | More important , he set about gathering the Wordsworths into the Quantock fold , hastening a visit which must in any case have been intended for the near future . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Mr Lindsey said that , from 5 January , S&P were offering a variable Tessa paying an initial 7.5% , against the fixed rate version at 5.875% , which is slightly higher than the average that S&P , as a group , has been forecasting for the financial year beginning in April 1993 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The following CAA Safety Evenings have been arranged for the coming months : |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A total of eight candidates had originally been registered for the presidential contest [ see pp. 38768-69 ] , but one , Joseph Estrada , had later decided to withdraw his candidature in favour of contesting the vice-presidency . |
| 9 | A new method has been developed for the current project which attempts to provide a much simplified morphological system with little increase in the storage requirements and remove the errors permitted by the affix-stripping methods . |
| 10 | Since we carried out these studies , much more sophisticated computational programs have been developed for the social sciences . |
| 11 | As my hon. Friend rightly said , the construction of the 08 , the fourth boat , is currently under way and authorities have been given for the long lead items . |
| 12 | Now pressures are such that consent has finally been given for the southern by-pass , a scheme first proposed in 1916 . |
| 13 | Most of the figures that have been given for the projected growth of the presentation graphics market in this country , and Europe as a whole , seem to be based on the assumption that there will be a significant change towards the use of 35mm slides . |
| 14 | Several reasons have been given for the rapid growth of the professions . |
| 15 | Many explanations have been given for the careful measurements and statistical information so frequent in Wordsworth 's early poetry , for example : but surely even this may ultimately go back to a desire to placate the scientific and Lockean tradition . |
| 16 | That incident so many years ago when she had been punished for the supposed loss of the ring was etched indelibly in her mind . |
| 17 | This once German land , which under Polish rule sank into misery and neglect , has been conquered for the German people by sword and plow . |
| 18 | Seven orders have been received for the new jet which will have a 3,600-mile range . |
| 19 | Following your memorandum of 5 August 1993 regarding the above retaining wall , the structure has been checked for the common modes of failure and appears to perform satisfactorily . |
| 20 | Separate points values have also been included for the various Engineers School weapons carried by the War Wagon crew and described as part of the War Wagon rules . |
| 21 | Anfield 's £2.2 million star has been dropped for the televised Boxing Day clash with Oldham and his turbulent , 18-month Merseyside career looks beyond rescue . |
| 22 | The trial judge granted the possession order , holding that , although the premises had been occupied for the requisite period , there was no adverse possession here because there was an implied licence . |
| 23 | Britain usually send six or seven for the relay team but for Los Angeles the selectors decided to rely on the sprinters that had been picked for the individual events . |
| 24 | Three factors , which acted in regions of dry cereal farming with particular intensity , have been blamed for the low levels of productivity ; first extensive common lands ; secondly , a maldistribution of landed property — the twin problem of the latifundia and the minifundia — combined with insecure tenures and high rents ; thirdly , a type of settlement where the majority of the agricultural population lived in large villages and towns . |
| 25 | Unemployment mixed with the political and racial problems have been blamed for the soaring crime rate . |
| 26 | Known as " walls of death " , drift nets have been blamed for the indiscriminate killing of large numbers of marine creatures , notably dolphins . |
| 27 | In addition , links will be developed to the new financial systems that have been installed for the independent Polytechnic . |
| 28 | Walker , the England Youth international goalkeeper , who has been deputising for the injured Thorstvedt , gave away a free kick just inside his penalty area by taking too many steps with the ball . |
| 29 | Nine first class seats have been booked for the Royal party . |
| 30 | A regular flow of books and short stories followed , among them : The Mystery of the Sea ( 1902 ) ; The Jewel of Seven Stars ( 1903 ) , a tale of Egyptian reincarnation ; The Man ( 1905 ) , a melodrama ; Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving , in two volumes ( 1906 ) ; Lady Athlyne ( 1908 ) , a romance ; Snowbound ( 1908 ) , a collection of short stories ; The Lady of the Shroud ( 1909 ) , which reached its twentieth edition in 1934 ; Famous Imposters ( 1910 ) , which included the story of the Bisley Boy , believed by some to have been substituted for the future Queen Elizabeth in childhood ; and finally The Lair of the White Worm ( 1911 ) , in which he revived the legend of a gigantic serpent capable of assuming human form . |