Example sentences of "[prep] have [been] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As many as 90 per cent of the persons arrested under these powers are released without charge after having been detained for anything from four hours to seven days . |
| 2 | That was when the islanders voted to join Canada rather than resume the status of ’ responsible government ’ after having been run for 15 years by a commission from the United Kingdom . |
| 3 | Most of the prisoners have been mutilated , with the loss of a hand or foot , for having fought again after having been pardoned for fighting with Negus Mikael . |
| 4 | Thereafter Miss Logan , despite having been engaged for her experience , confined herself to the cabin . |
| 5 | Wayne was enchanted to see Hermia and Perdita , and gave the appearance of having been searching for them all day . |
| 6 | It had the same feeling of having been created for a special , mystical purpose . |
| 7 | The story , gently explored , was that this condition began after the death of a sister whom she had failed to visit during her final illness , in spite of having been sent for . |
| 8 | Biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been designed for a purpose . |
| 9 | Barbed wire and every lump of building material that the Lithuanians could lay their hands on have been commandeered for self-defence . |
| 10 | Equally , enhanced redundancy compensation schemes , such as had been negotiated for the regular workers at several of the organisations to which we spoke , did not apply to the temporary workers , who ( unless they have at least two years ' service ) were also ineligible for any statutory payments . |
| 11 | I was astonished by the power with which my German crashed out of me , as if in millennial anger at having been silenced for so long . |
| 12 | If not all temporary workers are distinguishable by having been recruited for a pre-determined period of time , we might ask how they are distinguishable . |