Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] be [verb] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Malan ignored calls in Parliament for his resignation from both the Democratic Party ( DP ) and the CP — the latter on the grounds that right-wing organizations had been blamed for what had in reality been the activities of the CCB . |
| 2 | Gravier 's wife and child and parents had been waiting for him at Acapulco . |
| 3 | During the final rehearsals for the 1962 Berlin recording of the Ninth , Karajan discovered that for years in the Finale 's ‘ adagio ma non troppo , ma divoto ’ the Berlin violas had been annexing for themselves the top line in a passage that is richly divided . |
| 4 | The last years had been alarming for his chauffeur . |
| 5 | The last years had been alarming for his chauffeur . |
| 6 | Within the adult education profession at large , there was gratification that the existing providers had been commended for their work , but some fears lest the proposals for future grant allocation might lead to increased governmental control over courses taught . |
| 7 | He reminded them of how their predecessors had been punished for their wickedness and repeatedly urged obedience to the commands of the Church . |
| 8 | Several groups of Americans were turned away despite protests that tables had been booked for them by Čedok or by their hotels . |
| 9 | By the time I left Heathrow on a cold , miserable January evening , arrangements had been made for me to visit Melbourne and Sydney , in addition to a fortnight in Western Australia . |
| 10 | The safety of the Ignalina nuclear power station in Lithuania , based on a similar design to Chernobyl' , was raised by the republican party secretary at the 19th Party Conference ; the construction of a third reactor , he complained , was proceeding before the details of its design had been approved , and before proper arrangements had been made for its security . |
| 11 | We believed we were poor because we children were expensive items , and all the arrangements had been made for us . |
| 12 | For twenty years all these details had been arranged for her . |
| 13 | Meri had been criticized for his management of the Foreign Ministry , especially for having dismissed two deputies in February without consulting the Prime Minister . |
| 14 | About half of the patients had been waiting for their notes for less than six weeks , but 19 had been waiting for over six months , 14 for over a year , and six for over two years . |
| 15 | Certainly Terry , Brian and I knew that close friends had been campaigning for us and that that experience could have changed them , just as we 'd been changed by what we had gone through . |
| 16 | He said that , despite the fact that representatives of the Russian Parliament did not want them to be built and decisions had been taken for them not to be built , they were still being built because of the nature of the command economy that is being phased out . |
| 17 | Apartments had been booked for them in one block and they shared in couples . |
| 18 | The horses had been waiting for it . |
| 19 | Liston and company were out on the lawn behind the house , where an old-fashioned wrought-iron table and some matching chairs had been set for them in the evening sunlight . |
| 20 | Later it was found that its policies in relation to Polish territorial claims had been formulated for it by the Comintern as a way of weakening Poland . |
| 21 | The Diggorys were long abed , and Hector shut up in her little room , but candles had been left for her by the front door . |