Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [verb] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in the two decades since this mindless butchery no one has been made to answer for a crime which sent shockwaves far beyond the shores of Ulster . |
| 2 | Ebert , Fest and I. We were after the assassins of the T'ang 's Minister , Lwo Kang , and had been told to wait for a contact from our Triad connections there . |
| 3 | The likes of Terry Wogan , Michael Parkinson and Ernie Wise all have been known to clamour for a soul food supper in preference to other exotic foreign fare . |
| 4 | He and his friends would have seen that if they 'd been allowed to talk for a bit . |
| 5 | Seventy have been given refugee status and 240 have been allowed to stay for a year after which their cases will be reviewed . |
| 6 | ‘ You can do nothing to make up for the time that 's been wasted checking for a link between that incident and the murder of Hal MacQuillan . ’ |
| 7 | Girardelli suffered severe bruising to his hip and the small of his back and has been advised to rest for a month and so could miss six World Cup races . |
| 8 | Ruud Gullit is injured and Ronnie Koeman , the Barcelona libero , has been ordered to rest for a week , and Milan , having won the World Club Championship in Tokyo , have advised Rijkaard and Van Basten not to play in Rotterdam . |