Example sentences of "who had been [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It enabled Bush , who had been criticized for excessive prioritization of foreign policy , to demonstrate concern for and involvement in domestic affairs , and to demonstrate a commitment to civil rights at a time when Duke 's gubernatorial candidacy in Louisiana [ see above ] had embarrassed the Republican party . |
| 2 | Davies , who had been jailed for similar offences eight years ago , will be sentenced next month . |
| 3 | One , Sir Joseph Robinson , who had been convicted for fraudulent share-dealing in South Africa , was sufficiently so that the Chief Whip , F. E. Guest , was charged with calling on him in his suite at the Savoy Hotel and telling him that he had no alternative but to withdraw from the list even though his name had already been published . |
| 4 | Other politicians who had been investigated for alleged collaboration with the Soviet KGB included deputy Virgilius Cepaitis [ ibid . ] . |
| 5 | He was approached by the family of a 14-year-old who had been held for alleged stone-throwing . |