Example sentences of "[pron] had [been] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not tell him that his imitation of the French was far more like what I had been seeing for the past year . |
| 2 | My ‘ heavenly brother ’ was not a Sasse boy , but from the primary school in nearby Mutengene mission where I had been staying for a few days . |
| 3 | It might have been a delayed reaction to the drugs I had been taking for an operation I 'd recently had on my foot , but this seemed unlikely . |
| 4 | I had been asked for a full text of the sermon , to be printed in the society minutes and had gone to some trouble to prepare for the occasion . |
| 5 | And I had been loading for the Major the last time that I was out shooting , the last time for me like . |
| 6 | Although Eliot considered this idea a good one , especially in view of the articles I had been writing for the New English Weekly ( for example , ‘ Italy must Choose ; and ‘ An Open Letter to Ansaldo ’ , which Mairet had forwarded to the spokesman in question and also to the Vatican ) , he felt that such a book issued in time of war , would need official backing . |
| 7 | It could have been different if I had been accepted for the Forces , but this way I mean to make Marion my wife and I hope … well … well ’ — he jerked his head upwards — ‘ I may as well say it , that if I have a son , or for second best , a daughter , to carry on here . |
| 8 | When I was eighteen I came in contact with the Catholic Crusade which was a rather left wing Christian Socialist Organization and I found that their attitude to problems contained the answers for which I had been searching for a good many years tell me when you want me to raise something . |
| 9 | I had been trying for a year to obtain some black Amazon wood for my Discus tank , but my local dealers did not stock it . |
| 10 | If I had been looking for a lover — I admit my husband 's fortunes were not at their brightest , and my friendship with the Philosopher was a little turbulent at that time — then I should not have chosen Gustave . |
| 11 | I had been looking for a full-length piece to do anyway and I was also attracted to the idea of working with a ballet company . ’ |
| 12 | I even told them I had been recommended for a commission . |
| 13 | It was in that frame of mind that I moved into the Olympic year indoor season , saying , as I had been doing for a long time , ‘ In ‘ 88 , I 'll graduate ! ’ |
| 14 | That was just what I had been doing for the past four months innocent of impending restrictions . |
| 15 | When I replied that I had been fighting for the extra 200,000 I had managed to achieve , I was remonstrated with for having put the business at risk . |
| 16 | Meanwhile I continued the strategy I had been following for the previous two terms : feigning compliance with the authorities and responding co-operatively to their apparent concern , while continuing to eat minimally and to purge in secret . |
| 17 | ‘ When I heard I had been chosen for the full squad , it was a bit of a shock , but it really was a dream come true . ’ |
| 18 | I had been working for the Countess as a personal assistant since she married the Earl in 1976 . |
| 19 | The prizewinner was presented with a cup , which had been given for the first time in 1987 . |
| 20 | Before the second Dutch war they argued for parliamentary control of the revenue destined for the war , and during the session of 1666–7 Garway was in the forefront of the group 's attacks on government corruption , proposing a statutory committee to examine the accounts of the money which had been given for the war with the Dutch . |
| 21 | It was not in any way grand : simply a solid nineteenth-century country residence with a small courtyard and a pleasant garden sloping down to the river ; the sort of place , Celia reckoned , which had been built for a man of some substance : a prosperous merchant or , more likely , a gentleman farmer , the land having been incorporated into the nearby estate . |
| 22 | I 'd have to buy an electric boiler to replace the gas one which had been leaking for a week now . |
| 23 | In addition aid money from the food programme , which by 1989 was worth $1,300 million per year to Iraq in loan guarantees , was channelled through the Atlanta branch of the Italian-owned Banca Nazionale del Lavoro , officials of which had been indicted for a separate multi-million dollar fraud involving arms for Iraq in 1989 [ see pp. 37425-26 ] . |
| 24 | We went on to the villa which had been requisitioned for the Bologna branch of the Allied Screening Commission : like all the villas requisitioned by Germans and members of the Allied forces alike , it was far too splendid for the purpose to which they put it . |
| 25 | Furthermore , the Russian right wing had recently been reinforced by a new army , the Ninth , which had been raised for a drive on Berlin but was instead deployed against Austria . |
| 26 | We do not know precisely on what grounds , but it had already broken down by August 1093 , the date which had been fixed for the final settlement of differences between the kings of England and Scotland . |
| 27 | Einstein , which had been written for the Philip Glass Ensemble , was followed by Satyagraha ( ‘ truth-force ) , a more lyrical opera utilising full orchestra which was concerned with Gandhi 's early years in South Africa and the development of his philosophy of non-violence . |
| 28 | The survey , which had been scheduled for the summer , has started two months early and is expected to bear fruit by mid-June . |
| 29 | He had , in fact , been preparing for an operation to remove his hernia , which had been scheduled for the beginning of January , but because of his winter illnesses it was postponed until the summer . |
| 30 | The alliance is a blow to the ruling Parti Socialiste of President François Mitterrand , which had been hoping for an electoral alliance with the Green parties . |