Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [pers pn] [verb] [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new Church of England Church had also been erected at the southern end of Sutton Lane , and was named St. Michael 's as the money for it had been realised by the sale of St. Michael 's Church in Burleigh Street , London , which had been associated with St. Martins-in-the-Fields . |
| 2 | I was given to understand it was an honour for me to have been invited , and I was very much on trial . |
| 3 | His anxiety for her had been displaced by a greater worry — was that possible ? |
| 4 | The first pre-retirement courses were held in the United States in 1949 , but it is only in the last ten to fifteen years that the need for them has been recognised in the United Kingdom . |
| 5 | The Sheffield Ladies ' committee canvassed the East Indian alternative in the town and reported ‘ grocers have stated the demand for it has been doubled since the commencement of the canvass ’ . |
| 6 | These wadis are too long and , in many places , form too integrated a pattern for them to have been formed under present climatic conditions . |
| 7 | We went to Doping Control , where pieces of paper for me to sign were pushed under my nose and there was a lot of shouting in Korean . |
| 8 | " Yes , I do , " says the shepherd , " but the only thing I could do to express my love for Him has been taken away from me . " |
| 9 | 35 , 40 , it is recommended that such a promise as that to which I have referred , should be enforceable in law even though no consideration for it has been given by the promisee . |
| 10 | His contempt for her had been occasioned , as Ellie understood it , by her father 's disdain for Madame 's previous occupation as an actress , since , as he said , he had always held the theatre to be nothing but a den of iniquity . |
| 11 | DSC Communications Corp , Dallas has seen off a shareholder suit brought against the company and some of its officers in 1991 over the problems some of the Baby Bells had with the software for the MegaHub Signal Transfer Point : the suit has been dismissed without prejudice and the motion to certify class action status for it has been declared moot . |
| 12 | The second edition of this guide to medicines for older people and those who help care for them has been published by Age Concern England . |