Example sentences of "been [vb pp] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Survivors thought their vehicles had been stopped for a security check ; the shock of what they 'd seen sent this young Palestinian into deep trauma . |
| 2 | More than 1,000 women have been recalled for a repeat smear test after it was revealed Practice Nurse Ina Gordon used a wooden spatula designed for holding down the tongue instead of special metal spatulas made for the vital tests . |
| 3 | Their arrival had been delayed for a fortnight after Gen. Farah Aydid claimed on July 7 that an aircraft with UN markings bringing food aid had also carried from Nairobi military equipment and counterfeit money for his rival , Somalia 's transitional President , Ali Mahdi Mohammed . |
| 4 | The uncertainty was fuelled further when Larne boss Gary Irwin admitted that he thought the goal had been disallowed for a foul on goalkeeper Graeme McConnell . |
| 5 | The cottage had not been inhabited for a while . |
| 6 | Another worker has been sacked for a shoplifting offence in a local store . |
| 7 | Because the vast majority of fibres have been treated for a machine wash , shrinkage is minimal . |
| 8 | By the end of the sixteenth century it had been compounded for a cash payment from the counties and had thus become a straightforward tax . |
| 9 | Once a specific PCR has been developed for an organism , it requires little expertise to perform the test . |
| 10 | Where value has at any time been given for a bill the holder is deemed to be a holder for value as regards the acceptor and all parties to the bill who became parties prior to such time . |
| 11 | The long term view that is required for mineral exploitation means that planning permissions have generally been given for a working with a long life commonly not less than fifteen years , and , on occasion , up to sixty years . |
| 12 | The form of T k has been given for a variety of cosmological models in refs 19 , 28 . |
| 13 | An encouraging development is that the opportunity has been given for a submission to be made in early autumn on behalf of the preserved railway movement to the House of Commons Select Committee which will be dealing with the Government 's privatisation proposals . |
| 14 | Free kick has been given for a foul on Oldfield . |
| 15 | Invariably the cases studied had been referred for a variety of concerns and worries about the children but there was no unequivocal evidence that the children were abused according to any definition . |
| 16 | Later Seddon telephoned to tell me that a young man — actually a volunteer from the Metropolitan police — had duly appeared at Southend , and had been remanded for a week . |
| 17 | Although she always wanted to be a writer , the theatre has claimed a lot of her energy ( she has been nominated for an Emmy and a Tony award ) . |
| 18 | Mr Depardieu had been nominated for an Oscar . |
| 19 | Now that she 's been nominated for an Oscar , it would be natural for there to be competition between them . |
| 20 | Current release Howard 's End , in which he plays an evil father , also has been nominated for an Oscar . |
| 21 | One wonders whether an England bowler would have been picked for a tour after a start like that . |
| 22 | Corrosion in pipework has been blamed for a gas escape which triggered the operation cloudburst emergency plan in February . |
| 23 | The recession … and no Desert Orchid … have been blamed for a drop in attendances at this year 's Cheltenham 's racing festival . |
| 24 | Madougou had been blamed for an incident three weeks earlier , on Feb. 9 , when police opened fire on a demonstration in Niamey , the capital , by students protesting about the implementation of a government austerity plan for the education system , which envisaged cuts in scholarships and employment opportunities for graduates . |
| 25 | Meanwhile in Mali Tuaregs had been blamed for an attack on June 28-29 at Ménaka , in which some 20 people died . |
| 26 | But similar lights have been installed for a farm . |
| 27 | In Brighton , where the system has been installed for a number of years , one in four homes is on the cablephone network . |
| 28 | I even told them I had been recommended for a commission . |
| 29 | The shooting ended a promising future for Nicola who had been recommended for an audition with the Royal Ballet . |
| 30 | A similar pattern to that of P.P. has been reported for a child with a large cyst in one hemisphere . |