Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [prep] the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The middle-aged married couple who had been caretakers before him had been dismissed on the spot for gross drunkenness . |
| 2 | Both had been dismissed from the Army for involvement in a previous attempt in May 1988 . |
| 3 | A housemaid had been disinterred from the past for the occasion . |
| 4 | An important series of research projects that does allow some judgment to be made between selective and non-selective schools in the comprehensive system has been undertaken at the Centre for Educational Sociology at Edinburgh University . |
| 5 | She had been placed in the back for comfort , or so he said , but Jenna had not been fooled . |
| 6 | The search for a complete grammar of English has been likened to the search for the Holy Grail ( Jensen & Heidorn , 1982 ) . |
| 7 | Nutritional experts have been criticized in the past for expressing themselves so strongly on this point , but they are unrepentant . |
| 8 | A civilization that never invented the wheel was automatically precluded from inventing the mechanical clock , but in fact neither the sundial nor the water-clock appear to have been developed by the Maya for measuring the passage of time . |
| 9 | In the context both of the discussion of devolution to Scotland and Wales and of the consideration of the reorganization of local government , some attention has been given to the case for regional government in England . |
| 10 | Dorset SSD director Robin Se-Queira , who attended a national conference last week , hopes local authorities will earmark funds out of their community care grant for drug and alcohol care , though no extra funds have been given by the government for this new responsibility . |
| 11 | Forbidden to speak any language but French , Marius and I had been punished by the Corporals for speaking English while dismantling the tents at Canjuers . |
| 12 | The nonconformist movement built their first chapel in 1821 , with four having been erected over the years for the Primitive , Congregational , Baptist and Methodist movements , only the latter still regularly meeting . |
| 13 | Hair has been tonged at the ends for this great look by Paul Houghton from the Level salon |
| 14 | Both cheeses are slightly unusual in as much as they are made with cooked curds that have been heated in the whey for about 30min before being drained . |
| 15 | Seats in Bloomiehall Park No response has been received to the request for seats and an improved play area . |
| 16 | Seats in Bloomiehall Park No response has been received to the request for seats and an improved play area . |
| 17 | Delegates were informed that an encouraging number of responses had already been received to the search for sponsoring organisations , and there was every prospect that the chair would be established in 1992 . |
| 18 | At the Apollo 16 landing site ejecta from the crater South Ray was examined for the effects of exposure and it is estimated to have been exposed on the surface for about 2 Ma . |
| 19 | South African all-rounder David Callaghan , 27 , who missed most of last season fighting cancer , has been included in the squad for the first four of the seven one-day internationals against India . |
| 20 | He has one of them , the remaining four having been scattered over the planet for security . |
| 21 | Room 4.17 has been nominated as the place for the delivery of nominations and withdrawals . |
| 22 | The incentive to develop the mechanical clock may well have been fostered by the need for it in medieval monasteries , where punctuality was a virtue that was rigorously insisted on and late arrival at divine service or meals was punished . |
| 23 | A REPORT urging that premature babies should be allowed to die by neglect has been attacked by the society for the Protection of Unborn Children ( SPUC ) . |
| 24 | A REPORT urging that premature babies should be allowed to die by neglect has been attacked by the society for the Protection of Unborn Children ( SPUC ) . |
| 25 | Birds of Prey has been awaited on the PC for some time now , and is the result of over 12 man years ' development — the basic scenario is simple — Side A against Side B in all out aerial warfare , with its elements of air superiority , ground attack , strategic and stealth bombing , general recce and patrol . |
| 26 | A police strike in Caracas was ended on June 10 when 600 troops were sent into police stations which had been occupied by the strikers for two days in protest at low wages and the dismissal of 10 officers . |
| 27 | The place had been occupied by the Americans for ten days or more , but 9th Air Force was flying missions down to the south and Czechoslovakia until the end of the month . |
| 28 | It 's been parked in the depot for years . |
| 29 | But Merson has been added to the squad for tomorrow 's clash at Anfield after being axed for the match at Blackburn in midweek . |
| 30 | Cats hate this and , if a new wing has been added to the home for example , will defecate on the floor of the new area , almost as a comment on how they feel about the upheaval . |