Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [adj] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier , things had looked black for the visitors as Farnham moved into the lead after just 14 minutes . |
| 2 | It had looked promising for the tourists as openers David Boon and Mark Taylor batted confidently for the first hour to put on 38 . |
| 3 | The Board , he pointed out , had met monthly for the past two years , and controlled the work of the College . |
| 4 | He was conscious on admission , explained he had felt unwell for the last few days and had intended seeing a doctor today . |
| 5 | But Graham Robertson , McKenzie 's counsel , told the court yesterday that the report emphasised that his client came from a stable background in the west of Scotland and had felt lonely for the two years he had lived in Dunbar . |
| 6 | Charles admired the skill with which the old pro conveyed an air of ease and relaxation , of the company having been one happy family , of the great fun he had had rehearsing for the show . |
| 7 | By 1916 Rasputin 's influence at court had become intolerable for the old guard Russian aristocracy . |
| 8 | By the mid-seventeenth century it had become normal for the wealth of the old people to be transferred to the next generation when they retired , perhaps in their sixties , but for the retired couple to retain houseroom in the family home ; and in order to make disputes less likely , these retirement arrangements were increasingly recorded in deeds . |
| 9 | By the last decade of Edward III 's reign it had become customary for the contracts of service to specify how the gains of war were to be divided . |
| 10 | She could hardly believe he had gone — he had seemed set for the night — and , to her consternation , the flat seemed empty and cold without his disturbing but magnetic presence . |
| 11 | He had been boxing in South Africa for three years and , according to boxing historian Gilbert Odd , had remained unbeaten for the first two years ( 1978 , pp.18–19 ) . |
| 12 | He had remained subdued for the rest of the evening , glancing at Tom and looking away . |
| 13 | The bulldozer which had stood dormant for the past two days coughed into life and rumbled towards the prison gates . |
| 14 | Outstanding is the black chalk and charcoal head by Piero , once in the collection of John Skippe and spotted by Ms Ganz in a private collection where it had lain unattributed for the past thirty-five years . |