Example sentences of "that [verb] be [verb] for a " in BNC.

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1	Privately , New York dealers say the Ikeda Gallery is loading works purchased by Japanese investors and dealers back into the U.S. market , part of a trend that has been observed for a year now .
2	The Bivvy Dome is E.T . 's latest offering to the specimen lads , a shelter that has been used for a couple of seasons by leading anglers like Ritchie McDonald and Pete Springate and whilst it may not be everyone 's cup of tea , it certainly has its advantages .
3	Finally , the American Peke-faced cat is a long-haired breed that has been bred for a flatter and flatter face , rather as the Pekinese has been exaggerated among the dog breeds .
4	like if you ever work in a children 's ward you can always tell the children that 've been hospitalised for a great length of time cos you can do anything with them
5	The printers " picnic that had been arranged for a Saturday at the beginning of August 1914 had to be cancelled because of the outbreak of war .
6	He went from house to house dragging two metal ingots and everybody was amazed to see pots , pans , tongs and braziers tumble down from their places and beams creak from the desperation of nails and screws trying to emerge , and even objects that had been lost for a long time appeared from where they had been searched for most and went dragging along in turbulent confusion behind Melquíades ' magical irons .
7	Examinations with a scanning electron microscope show that cowpeas that have been stored for a long time readily lose protein when soaked , whereas samples stored without soaking do not lose protein .
8	a thing that 's been used for a couple of months !
9	A council that 's been paying for a fourteen-year-old criminal to stay in Spain has been criticised in court .
10	you know , that G P's that 's been practising for a long number of years you know er , elderly G P's are probably not as up-to-date on these kind of things as they should be .

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