Example sentences of "[noun prp] have be [vb pp] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FORMER British light-heavywight champion Steve McCarthy has been suspended for three months , fined £1,000 and banned from fighting abroad by the British Board of Control after being disqualified in the third round of a bout with Darius Michalczeski in Hamburg in September . |
| 2 | This account of urban housing in the reign of Queen Victoria has been protracted for three reasons . |
| 3 | As deputy chief of Sabah 's Institute for Development Studies , whose activities were viewed by the central government as a threat to the integrity of the Malaysian Federation , Ongkili had been held for 59 days under the Internal Security Act on suspicion of carrying out actions prejudicial to national security . |
| 4 | Jasper and Bert had been gone for ten days . |
| 5 | A twenty five year old father from Worcester has been jailed for two years after his baby daughter suffered horrific injuries while in his care . |
| 6 | This second tranche of the SAF had been withheld for six months until Sri Lanka had agreed to the implementation of a policy framework paper outlining the conditions for the government 's stabilization programme . |
| 7 | The opening night of the Folies had been postponed for two days . |
| 8 | Tom Dreaper could not convince him that racing was a business to be taken seriously , and Foinavon had been sold for 2,000 guineas . |
| 9 | The Iranian consulate in Geneva had been occupied for four hours on Dec. 14 , 1988 , by opponents of the Tehran regime and evidence had been found that Tale had been collecting information on the Iranian exile community in Switzerland . |
| 10 | Former World Heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has been jailed for six years for raping a former beauty queen . |
| 11 | Jesus , filled with the Spirit , goes off into the wilderness , the place where Israel had been tested for forty . |
| 12 | After Miss Chalk had been retained for 5,000 guineas David said : ‘ I think my father is pleased . |
| 13 | During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1 , in 1914 still within living memory , Paris had been besieged for four months and forced to surrender . |
| 14 | Mary has been retired for eight years after 33 years ' service in the Bank at Scarinish . |
| 15 | DUBLIN 'S Tommy Carr has been banned for six months following his sending off in the recent National League Football final against Donegal . |
| 16 | Twenty-two year old Gerald Bagshall from Barton Village Road in Oxford has been jailed for two years for possession and supply of drugs . |
| 17 | Twenty-five year old David Taylor of Chillingworth Crescent in Woodfarm has been jailed for eighteen months for possession of drugs . |
| 18 | The former chairman of Swindon Town Football Club Brian Hillier has been jailed for twelve months . |
| 19 | Sometimes when Tuffers has been hit for four , he has immediately asked for a fielder to be moved to plug the gap . |
| 20 | She and Caan had been separated for three years . |
| 21 | Barry had been divorced for twelve years , had been a member of Dateline but then had moved because of work . |
| 22 | Here 's the son of Kirk Douglas has been jailed for five days after kicking a policeman ! |
| 23 | Fullback Marty Roebuck continues to be in the wars and suffered a broken jaw in a pre-season club trial , while Test hooker Phil Kearns has been sidelined for three weeks with knee trouble . |
| 24 | AFTER A Fortnight in Hobart , where Eliza had been stationed for 11 months , Gould and his retinue packed everything , including Eliza 's enumerable drawings , and left for Sydney . |