Example sentences of "had been [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | His close associate Klaus Barbie had been sentenced for crimes against humanity in 1987 [ see p. 35417 ] and had died in prison in 1991 [ see p. 38459 ] . |
| 32 | He told officers that his friend had been looking for Carol in Bristol on the Friday before she died . |
| 33 | We had been looking for tasks that were : |
| 34 | There was no comfort either in Mr Ben Ali 's speech for the other opposition parties which , after their poor results in the elections , had been looking for government help . |
| 35 | His best guess was that the reference was to Nerys , that his unconscious mind had been looking for comfort in the prospect that Wayne would at least be with his mother , in which case he decided that there was probably some hope for his mental state after all . |
| 36 | The maypole committee , of which Amos was president , had been looking for ways of raising funds for the May weekend and old folks ' treat ( of which more later ) , the most important weekend in the lives of the villagers . |
| 37 | By searching for flashes repeating at exactly the same rate as the radio pulses , they were able to investigate much fainter pulsations than if they had been looking for pulses occurring at an unknown rate . |
| 38 | Miguel took the card and wrote on it what had been done for Samantha . |
| 39 | By the time the Scandinavian countries invited Britain back to Stockholm for the 1982 Conference on Acidification , the sums had been done for exchange of acid pollution between Europe 's nations , showing Britain to be the biggest producer and exporter of sulphur pollution in Western Europe . |
| 40 | For their part it was unnecessary as they only drank what had been boiled for tea or coffee , whereas I often drank water on its own or with fruit cordial . ) |
| 41 | Then , towards the end of January , people noticed that at least one boar was coming right up to the village in its nighttime foraging : there were tracks in the snow and patches of scratched earth where it had been digging for roots . |
| 42 | He had been searching for Morthen , to protect her from his violent half-brother , but she was nowhere to be found . |
| 43 | The cultivator had been displayed for sale outside the front of the house , but was put in the back garden for safe-keeping on Friday night . |
| 44 | They first told police they had been hunting for foxes . |
| 45 | Gristy had been trolling for mackerel since dawn , and had had one of his best catches ever . |
| 46 | Tritsch Tratsch had been mounted for Sadler 's Wells Theatre Ballet ( the first performance was at a matinée on 20 September 1947 ) and was an immediate success . |
| 47 | Nevertheless , it noted , in Germany 44 per cent of asylum applications came from eastern Europe in 1989 , while in Austria visa requirements had been imposed for Bulgarians , Poles and Romanians during 1990 [ see pp. 37969 ; 38464 ] . |
| 48 | She woke early on the morning of July 29 , 1981 which is not surprising as her room overlooked the Mall where the singing , chattering crowds had been gathering for days . |
| 49 | This reply , however , turned out to be incorrect , as teachers had been asked for pen-portraits of the children for use at the Panel Hearings , and the Acting Director of Education Mike Drever had supported the request . |
| 50 | Of the seven who were dead , two had been referred for consideration of liver transplantation . |
| 51 | Another 60,000 had been punished for misdeeds but retained their party membership , while a further 120,000 were still under investigation . |
| 52 | Yesterday , Coun Davies said she understood that bids had been invited for exploration of the coastal region which included Aberconwy . |
| 53 | Prayer Services at the Chaplaincy had been arranged for Mondays , Tuesdays and Thursdays . |
| 54 | But by 1983 sales had been arranged for part of Britoil , Associated British Ports , Amersham International , shares in BP , and the NEB 's shareholdings ( Table 8.2 ) . |
| 55 | The usual monthly council meeting followed , and Jill Francis said that a village footpath walking weekend had been arranged for July 4th to 5th . |
| 56 | She had been intending for days to make a start on clearing out the cloakroom ; now was the moment — she would make a preliminary survey , set aside what should be kept , see if there was anything good enough for Oxfam . |
| 57 | Broken glass and dishes were all over the floor mixed with what had been served for dinner — steak , corn and potatoes . |
| 58 | The ancient Egyptians had been trying for centuries to prevent the export of their sacred felines . |
| 59 | Sylvia had been trying for years to overcome her claustrophobia , but with little or no success . |
| 60 | My head was n't really in the right state for assimilating all this stuff , but as far as I could gather , Uncle Rory had been trying for years to come up with something Creative ( his capital , his italics ) . |