Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [verb] [been] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time I was twelve years old I had been thinking for some time about getting a bird of my own . |
| 2 | There were some who had been destined for fighters , especially Meteors , who found themselves headed for a dreaded bomber tour . |
| 3 | For some who have been caring for a dependent relative for many years the problems involved are only too familiar . |
| 4 | Jenny Pitman is another who has been waiting for the rain before releasing a very strong team . |
| 5 | The current year , the ninety three ninety four year I have figures only up to the end of December and in comparison to the previous full twelve months the number of applications is almost as high in the first three quarters of the year but the fee income is about half what had been received for the full previous year and that is the problem that we 're facing , that the number of applications , the amount of work is , is staying the same or is indeed increasing slightly , er but the fee income , because of the nature of the the applications and the fee regime that is charged , is actually falling off quite rapidly . |
| 6 | In an attempt to avoid rural unrest , Chamorro confirmed that it would be impossible to return land confiscated and distributed among peasants who now held legal title or that which had been confiscated for important public purposes . |
| 7 | When Aramco was told to cut production by 10 per cent and then , on top of that , shut in liftings equivalent to that which had been produced for ultimate sale to the USA in pre-embargo months , the company dutifully cut production back 23 per cent below September levels . |
| 8 | I attach a copy of that which has been adopted for RIGS in England and Wales . |
| 9 | I know , it depends how much you 've been caught for . |
| 10 | The exception was Dawn Allenby , a woman in her thirties who had been engaged for this first production only and who , two days into rehearsal , had fallen heavily for Richard St Ives . |
| 11 | Obviously a tall , long-legged person will need a big horse ; I recently sold a 17.3hh gelding to a man of six foot eight who had been looking for a long time ! |
| 12 | For example , in one CSE mode three which has been operating for about ten years , the course objectives are divided into content and process . |
| 13 | He told Husband he 'd have to consult with the rest of the private Office and maybe even the PM before he could agree to them interrogating you ; he may actually be doing that , for all I know , though I think it 's more likely he 's been waiting for his temper to cool before he briefs you . |
| 14 | And of course I do n't know how long do n't know how long that one 's been going for , but obviously that 's another sort of problem in some way . |
| 15 | Yeah , that 's a very old make you know , that one 's been going for donkey years , but it 's those colours , I mean there 's at least , well with the o |
| 16 | I went reinforced too by all I had been doing for myself and with the knowledge that I felt better than I had felt for some time and that that growth towards well being appeared to be increasing with each day . |
| 17 | All these matters are indeed of a lower order of magnitude than those which had been fought for under Lanfranc and Anselm . |
| 18 | The record should build upon those which have been maintained for pupils in key stages 1 and 2 . |
| 19 | Those who have been waiting for the newly published syllabus for Part 2 , which is also to be run at Greenhill starting in the Autumn on Thursdays from 9.30am to 12.30pm , should contact the tutor , Sybil Kenton . |
| 20 | While there are no completely accurate figures , the two national disability surveys carried out by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys ( OPCS ) in the late 1960s and 1980s indicate that there are alive today just under 100,000 people aged 50 or older who have been disabled for 20 or more years , and that around another 200,000 will reach this age within the next 10 to 20 years ( Harris , 1971 ; Martin et al . , |
| 21 | The things they are being tested for are all those we 've been training for up until this time . |
| 22 | The first one has been done for you . |
| 23 | There was nothing to spare unless he used the rupee that he had been given for his own food . |
| 24 | As he will be aware , in June the United States Government had a sum of , I think , $21 million which had been earmarked for military aid set aside for the very purposes that the hon. Gentleman suggests . |