Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] been [adv] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was sure he would run for it : she had been fully prepared for that . |
| 2 | Three of the drivers concerned had argued that they had been unfairly selected for redundancy because there were drivers with less service who had been retained at other quarries . |
| 3 | They had been about to leave for Mass when Una had suddenly taken ill . |
| 4 | Although no one had been hanged in Ireland since 1954 and capital punishment had been abolished for most categories of murder in 1964 [ see p. 19227 ] , it had been nominally retained for those categories specified above . |
| 5 | She was overcome with emotion when she discovered it had been well cared for . |
| 6 | The building was one of the most closely protected in Ulster and the staff employed in it had been doubly vetted for security . |
| 7 | He had been widely criticised for his handling of the Birmingham Six appeal in 1988 and has seen a number of earlier convictions overturned as police evidence was discredited in the Appeal Court . |
| 8 | He had been fully retired for three years and happily occupied with reading and local committee work before Pat retired as home help supervisor for a London borough . |
| 9 | It may be that if he had been actively working for Balston Ltd his activities might have been in breach of his implied duty of fidelity . |