Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [verb] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other member , who might have been expected to buy it for his own son , a young man recently qualified in law , did not at first do so ; he said business was unreliable , there were not enough clients , the reputation of the firm had been allowed to run down . |
| 2 | The popularity of Taylor 's devotional books , his sufferings for the Church , his piety , engaging manner , and contacts in influential Royalist circles might have been expected to qualify him for high preferment in the restored Church in 1660 . |
| 3 | But I ca n't help feeling that this is strictly a US product and that no attempt has been made to localize it for UK or European markets . |
| 4 | Scorton does have a playing field , but this is administered by the Parish Council and no application has been made to use it for a finishing point . |
| 5 | Betty 's other criticism of the scheme is that she has been told to use it for individualised learning and she does not believe that the children learn properly this way . |
| 6 | I certainly have not met another Brother or Sister Brush that has been compelled to study it for weeks on end … |
| 7 | He has already been asked to join them for a 60-date tour next year . |
| 8 | She remembered how she had n't been allowed to hold him for more than a moment before he had to go back behind the bars of his crib . |
| 9 | Gusev deduced that Volkov was in love with a woman who 'd been sent to entrap him for political purposes , so Gusev deduced . |
| 10 | But for that old lady , I had been ordered to do her for the fire . |