Example sentences of "[vb past] been [vb pp] for [noun pl] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right at the end a glass pavilion had been built for concerts and parties , and Gran said people had come from as far away as Lancaster . |
| 2 | My predecessor , Patrick Jenkin , had been pressed for savings and so too had his Labour predecessors , David Ennals and Barbara Castle . |
| 3 | Other Western diplomats , local journalists and most political analysts claimed , however , that the coup had been rumoured for weeks and had a level of sophistication far greater than that expected from mostly illiterate soldiers in the ranks . |
| 4 | No regular services had been held in it for many years , although it had been used for funerals and the occasional service , remaining open for visitors and pilgrims to Cell-y-bedd and the shrine . |
| 5 | His flat had been closed for weeks and the fridge was empty . |
| 6 | The clock had been removed for repairs and only a small hook remained in the wall . |