Example sentences of "[noun prp] had been [vb pp] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nigel had been summoned for jury duty on the date fixed for the event but his excuse of a prior engagement , whose nature he described , was accepted and he was excused . |
| 2 | When Clementis had been hung for treason |
| 3 | On receipt of the reply from the employer it was stated that Mr. Docherty had been dismissed for misconduct . |
| 4 | Ogilvie had been executed for treason , but his real crime was refusing to acknowledge the king 's dominion in matters spiritual . |
| 5 | According to an announcement on July 16 , 1990 , two diplomats at the Czechoslovak embassy in The Hague had been expelled for espionage , one at the beginning of the year and the other in June . |