Example sentences of "[noun] been [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The immediate counterattack is simple : Has the building been offered for sale on the open market ? |
| 2 | The usual test applies : Has the freehold building been offered for sale on the open market ? |
| 3 | Until February of 1982 , the Beit Azem museum in the Syrian city of Hama contained dozens of torn and faded grey photographs of young Sunni militiamen who had fought the French , who had in some cases been hanged for their acts of defiance . |
| 4 | Douglas , disappointed , had of course been prepared for this also , and wasted little time in cursing . |
| 5 | After piloting the database , three keywords were added the file , representing aspects of the life of the three main character which had been particularly important to several pupils but had n been catered for initially . |
| 6 | Furthermore the line has several times been proposed for closure and only strenuous efforts by local politicians and the Heart of Wales Line Travellers ' Association ( HOWLTA ) have kept it open - indeed it is a minor miracle that it survived the Beeching closures . |
| 7 | Ismail Kadare , Albania 's best-known writer , who had several times been shortlisted for the Nobel Prize for literature , requested political asylum in France on Oct. 25 . |
| 8 | The Tarrytown competition might incidentally be unique ( and our prize vicariously so ) ; For when in the past has money been offered for an experiment to test an idea ? |
| 9 | So have new ground rules been laid for the reborn Bon Jovi ? |
| 10 | Th the the other thing erm reference that this other manager has not at no occa on no occasion has that car been used for company use . |
| 11 | Has n't that campaign been going for |
| 12 | She had walked down the stairs and for a moment been taken for , and almost become , Kettering 's wife . |
| 13 | And erm how long has this shop been going for ? |
| 14 | It was possible that the van had been used to transport Riddle 's body , but if so , where had the body been kept for twenty-four hours ? |
| 15 | What importance do you attach , Mrs , to the observation of the District Council in relation to their erm District Development Plan which has for many years been used for development control , of the following text , which you quote in your paragraph three point six ? |
| 16 | Or had the room been wired for sound ? |
| 17 | ‘ The chief ‘ s been asking for you for some time , Mr Wycliffe . ’ |
| 18 | He gave , as a further reason , that had no request been made for a receipt , fingerprints could easily have been obtained in other ways , e.g. , by dusting the counter . |
| 19 | Under LMS it is theoretically possible for primary schools to improve PTR by diverting money which has in the past been used for building maintenance and classroom materials to employing additional teachers . |
| 20 | " Since when has life been noted for its fairness ? |
| 21 | For comparison , of the 27 homosexual men who seroconverted none had suffered from bacterial pneumonia , nor had any participant been treated for complications of his HIV infection . |
| 22 | PW points out that had Perfect Information been accounted for as an associated undertaking , ‘ in our opinion up to £2m of the loss recognised this year would have been reflected in the year ended 31 March 1991 by elimination of profits arising on sales made to Perfect Information Ltd . |
| 23 | In Kilarrow , a tile works has lately been erected for making drain-tiles ; a local Agricultural Society has been established for some years ( in fact 1838 ) and prizes been awarded for the improvement of the breed of black-cattle and sheep , and for the encouragement of green crop husbandry . |
| 24 | In Kilarrow , a tile works has lately been erected for making drain-tiles ; a local Agricultural Society has been established for some years ( in fact 1838 ) and prizes been awarded for the improvement of the breed of black-cattle and sheep , and for the encouragement of green crop husbandry . |
| 25 | Has an application been submitted for that purpose ? |
| 26 | Has an application been submitted for that purpose ? |
| 27 | Oh Micky Mars Bars been knocking for me , Clinton 's supposed to be knocking for me , Jay do n't know what the fuck 's he 's , he 's supposed to be doing ! |
| 28 | The company in question — which can not be identified by order of the court — has this year been negotiating for a substantial loan . |
| 29 | The new Britain , that 's what our boys been fighting for . |
| 30 | Within a few months business looked good , so well had the way been prepared for the success of our own Community Station . |