Example sentences of "[vb past] that [pron] be [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cowslip himself was at the other end of the hall and Hazel realized that he was waiting for him to reply . |
| 2 | It became obvious to everyone that the Tournament could not continue and after another undue delay , the Earl of Eglinton announced that it was cancelled for the day . |
| 3 | Hall had arrived at Dalston police station about twenty minutes ago and announced that he was acting for Scott . |
| 4 | Anti-fascists argued that whoever was to blame for the violence , the police and courts treated them more harshly , and the National Council for Civil Liberties certainly produced reliable testimony to back up those claims . |
| 5 | They added that they were working for the government undercover and that they had enough evidence to ‘ make the charge stick ’ . |
| 6 | He told me before she came that she was asking for somewhere secret to stay for a short time . |
| 7 | On 11 September the German Standortkommandantur , which had been set up in the Piazza Garibaldi to administer the city of Parma , issued a series of orders , one of which stated that it was forbidden for civilians to have guns and that looting would be punishable by death . |
| 8 | ( Littlejohn claimed that he was working for DI6 . |
| 9 | Sheila alleged that she was dazed for three days following the attack , suffering a black eye and a cut on her forehead . |
| 10 | Alyssia opened her mouth to give him a piece of her mind at this further show of arrogance — in fact , to give him the sack , because his mere presence here implied that he was working for her father , and so , in an indirect manner , for herself — but he did n't allow her the chance . |
| 11 | When he asked her why , she shyly confessed that she was pining for the snows of her native land . |
| 12 | Winning the title meant that I was selected for Great Britain to run against West Germany in Dortmund . |
| 13 | So some were staring down at you and others were well below your eye level , which meant that you were scanning for each piece rather than reading them as a series . |
| 14 | His time in the ATC meant that he was targeted for the Air Force . |
| 15 | Once again Scott felt that she was asking for something unreasonable , something a child might ask of a parent . |
| 16 | Fowler , who had been a member of the Cabinet since January 1981 [ see p. 30708 ] , stressed that he was leaving for " family reasons " and that there was no disagreement between him and the Prime Minister , Margaret Thatcher . |
| 17 | He knew that he was searching for sixteen points of comparison before he could be sure of positive identification . |
| 18 | Only the ferryman on the Oban/Lismore boat knew that I was aiming for the northern ferry to mainland Port Appin . |
| 19 | The first real headhunting firms — in the first phase of headhunting — insisted that they were working for the company , not the candidate , and the company was paying the bill . |
| 20 | She dreamt that she was searching for something glorious : it could have been money , it could have been love , she did not know . |
| 21 | The unions said that they were looking for the second week in January to begin an all-out stoppage . |
| 22 | She said that she was waiting for some of her belongings to be sent on , but she 'd supply all her tax and National Insurance details as soon as they came . |
| 23 | Sigua said that he was hoping for economic aid and credits from the USA and Iran and for bilateral trade agreements with Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) countries to relieve the situation . |