Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun sg] had been [vb pp] for " in BNC.

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1 In January , 1990 , Radio Prague 's Havana correspondent had been expelled for " unobjective " reporting .
2 The last two carriages of the 10.20am London-to-Oxford train had been reserved for the royal party .
3 The St Petersburg company had been criticized for increasingly right-wing broadcasting .
4 Relations between the Meskhetians and the Uzbek majority had been strained for some time , largely as a result of the poor housing and other conditions in which the Meskhetians had been forced to remain ( many still lived in shanty towns , and levels of unemployment were higher than elsewhere in the republic ) .
5 His views were endorsed by Coun David Walsh , committee chairman , who said he first thought the Marton hotel had been chosen for barristers coming off the Parkway .
6 The large ballroom at the back of the Cadogan building had been opened for the occasion .
7 Iliescu said that the NSF leadership had been criticized for giving in to mob rule , and that the issue , like that of the death penalty , should instead be put to a referendum .
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