Example sentences of "have been [verb] [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How very conceited to assume that , out of all the billions of billions of planets in the universe , our own little backwater of a world , in our own local backwater of a solar system , in our own local backwater of a galaxy , should have been singled out for life ? |
| 2 | Now Millns is established as one of the most feared and effective fast bowlers on the county circuit , and he might well have been called up for England 's final Test at The Oval but for injury . |
| 3 | Could it have been to make up for Cymbeline 's cheating that the Umpire permitted me to find the sacristy so easily ? |
| 4 | ‘ I wo n't deny that , Mrs Wilson , but there was a period , just before she disappeared … well , I say just before she disappeared but it may have been going on for years , I do n't know … there was a period when she was very unhappy , very unhappy indeed . ’ |
| 5 | In fact , you can use your Steamatic to tackle those tough and often unpleasant jobs that you may have been putting off for ages . |