Example sentences of "he [vb past] been [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rain knew Oliver was picturing himself back in the wine bar in Chelsea telling everyone how he 'd been mistaken for a drug dealer and nearly done to death in a Mediterranean backstreet by an underworld rival . |
| 2 | He 'd been ordered to report to the Ministry by his Adjutant , and either there had been some colossal mistake or he 'd been sent for under false pretences . |
| 3 | He said he 'd been followed for the last week or so . |
| 4 | He 'd been disqualified for not having insurance and disqualified before that for drink driving . |
| 5 | And he had to go and train somewhere down south , but he 's got a he , apparently he 'd been trying for a year and he 's got to Accrington . |
| 6 | It was in the second of the rooms behind a damp stack of spare mattresses that he found what he 'd been hoping for . |
| 7 | He 'd been hoping for windows , and a view over the bay or the town . |
| 8 | He 'd been looking for that for ages . |
| 9 | And he would ask a few questions , say he 'd been looking for a few hours . |
| 10 | The Raubvogel had just entered the short tunnel that led out of the cavern , when Katze finally found what he 'd been looking for . |
| 11 | So he 'd been looking for her . |
| 12 | I wondered where Toby was — he 'd been gone for over thirty-six hours now . |
| 13 | He 'd been criticised for selecting amateur crews — some said it was too tough for office workers , bakers and bank clerks . |
| 14 | He 'd been driving for days , he 'd forgotten how many , and he was tired of the white lines painted down the middle of the highway , he was tired to the centre of his bones . |
| 15 | Well driving and for erm you know he had plant hire , he 'd been driving for him and that . |
| 16 | He 'd been driving for sixty years , you 've never had an accident . |
| 17 | ‘ He 'd been held for four months . |
| 18 | He 'd been held for eleven days . |
| 19 | Fringe took up his position alongside with familiarity and eagerness , an athlete doing what he 'd been bred for , and enjoyed . |
| 20 | He 'd been fined for having a dangerous vehicle . |
| 21 | If he 'd been cycling for fourteen hours , let's say fifteen hours . |
| 22 | If he 'd been cycling for fifteen hours , you you have a look and tell me how far he would have gone . |
| 23 | And he 'd been rubbing for that long they 'd gone that colour . |
| 24 | Just as hapless as the plundering Norse overlord he 'd been playing for the past few weeks ! |
| 25 | Also , the mic was n't giving off the warm , mucky sound he 'd been going for . |
| 26 | But that was what he 'd been doing for the past several minutes . |
| 27 | This was ‘ Ace 's wave ’ , the one he 'd been waiting for all his life . |
| 28 | All that bottled-up vitriol for the man he 'd been waiting for had actually been for her . |
| 29 | Prince Charles said he 'd been waiting for a year for the chance to speak publiclty about the fate of the Marsh Arabs . |
| 30 | And he 'd been braced for the knife lunging out of the darkness . |