Example sentences of "'ve [been] [verb] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Siegfried , I do n't know what you 'll think , but I 've been recommended for the MC — and I 've recommended every single NCO who was with me . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been excused for the moment . |
| 3 | We 've been waiting for the knight in shining armour and then there is n't one . |
| 4 | I 've been waiting for the battery to run down . |
| 5 | Realistically , I 've been applying for the sort of job that will pay me enough money to keep me going when I retire . |
| 6 | They 've been bought for the fact that all over the country there 's all these holes in the wall and people are putting up shelves , building furniture or whatever . |