Example sentences of "been [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In each of these appeals it has been rightly accepted by counsel for the contemnor that the hearing below of the committal application was impeccable , that the sentence imposed for the contempts of court found proved can not be criticised and the committal order properly specified each of the contempts for which the contemnor had been sentenced . |
| 2 | For every pair of tickets purchased , you will receive a free cassette/CD , entitled Flowers in Music , which has been specially compiled by Music for Pleasure , a division of EMI Records ( UK ) . |
| 3 | Ltd. ( 1988 C.A. ) a 20-month-old Fiat was held to be unmerchantable because , unknown to the buyer , it had eight months earlier been totally submerged in water for over 24 hours and had consequently been treated as a ‘ write off ’ by its insurer . |
| 4 | The gladioli were staked in gaudy ranks and the sweet peas had been assiduously kept in bloom for a month to provide the maximum quantity of flowers for the house . |
| 5 | Manpower calculates that the average period for which a person works for it ( presumably the average of all spells of employment ) is four months , although it also points out that " many " temporary " workers have been continuously employed by Manpower for several years and three and five year service awards for temporaries are a frequent occurrence " ( Manpower , 1985 ) . |
| 6 | Earlier , on Aug. 31 , 1989 , the non-executive President , Wee Kim Wee , had been unanimously re-elected by Parliament for a four-year term . |
| 7 | The older Guide-posts stood several feet high for the be back , but in recent years those on the main roads have been considerably reduced in height for the convenience of motorists . |
| 8 | I have been actively looking for evidence for 12 years , ’ Tom said . |
| 9 | But women have been actively asking for ordination for more than sixty years and their patience is running out . |