Example sentences of "have be [verb] [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to Molla Edebali and Tursun Fakih one may mention the reference in an imperial decree sent from Murad I to Haci Evrenos Bey — unfortunately the document is of questionable authenticity-to one Elvan Fakih " who has been appointed seyhulislam for Rumeli generally " , to whom Evrenos Bey is adjured to show particular respect . |
| 2 | Gianna Urizio , a television producer with the Federation of Protestant Churches in Italy ( FCEI ) , has been appointed Animateur for WACC 's European Region . |
| 3 | Someone who has been training horses for years once told me that the most important thing is to keep your youngster ‘ thinking forwards ’ . |
| 4 | In one sense this kind of thing has been taking place for centuries . |
| 5 | For instance , the chairman of an Italian company that Morton acquired in the 1970s has been given responsibility for adhesives throughout the region . |
| 6 | Hanson has been earning megabucks for decades ; his personal wealth is estimated at around £100m and speculation is rife that before he retires he will go out with a final spectacular takeover . |
| 7 | The Department has been organising seminars for writers , publishers and booksellers for the last fifteen years . |
| 8 | For more than a century the Board has been providing qualifications for industry that are internationally recognised and this pedigree leaves it ideally positioned to contribute to the growing need for transportable workplace focused qualifications . |
| 9 | ‘ Mankind has been seeking proof for centuries . ’ |
| 10 | Houseplants are good for you , according to Californian a laboratory that has been doing research for NASA into the use of plants in space . |
| 11 | One major thrust of such efforts has been to introduce proxies for market signals , in the form of financial targets and constraints . |
| 12 | SEVE BALLESTEROS yesterday extended the hand of sympathy to Scotland 's leading golfer , Colin Montgomerie , who has been fined £1,000 for comments he made about last week 's Moroccan Open . |
| 13 | Captain Humphreys ' company Marine Archeological Recovery Ltd has retrieved items from June 1988 onwards and has been consigning items for sale at auction since that date . |
| 14 | " Who else has been making bids for Mr Rayne ? " |
| 15 | GEC , which has been making fibres for Telecom for two and a half years , says it is aiming to get the cost down to £100 per kilometre by the end of the 1980s . |
| 16 | SIDT 's initial start-up funding and training support came from the Foundation for the Peoples of the South Pacific ( FSP ) and for the last four years , the UK Foundation ( FSP/UK ) , based in Edinburgh , has been raising money for SIDT throughout Europe . |
| 17 | A woman whose daughter died after a lifetime in pain with arthritis has been raising funds for research into the disease . |
| 18 | At the Court of Appeal today , Rachael 's solicitor explained that he 'd been frightened of losing the children , and that for several weeks before the killing he 'd been taking medication for depression . |
| 19 | You , you , you 've all hea heard of Marie Curie , famous erm scientist who pioneered a lot of the work on radioactivity in the early part of this century and the last part of the last century she in fact was Polish , lived in , in , in Paris , married a French man called Pierre er hence she 's known as Marie Curie well Pierre Curie was also a scientist and he was er baffled by the affect that , th the fact that there did n't seem to be any biological affects er certainly the doses of radiation that , that they were , they were getting they 'd handled tons and tons of pitchblende , that 's radioactive ore they extracted several grammes of radium from it , they 'd been handling stuff for years they were n't ill , they obviously had n't died and so on . |
| 20 | He 'd been receiving treatment for depression and friends believe he committed suicide . |
| 21 | It 's you know and my pride was getting a little bit dented that I 'd been selling market for years suddenly I was n't doing this . |
| 22 | I 'd been playing slide for years and I found myself in a blues band . |
| 23 | The effect of this would have been to transfer responsibility for venue decisions from the magistrates to the prosecution , while preserving the defendant 's right to opt for jury trial . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh , they must have been selling flowers for ages , Luke . |
| 25 | Some readers will have been growing roses for years , others may be starting for the first time from scratch , with no preconceived ideas , pattern or convention to adhere to , and a great many more will be at every stage in between . |
| 26 | It was after the Revolution , however , that Herne , having been elected MP for Dartmouth on 28 November 1689 ( representing the constituency until his death ) , and knighted on 15 September 1690 , emerged to some prominence . |
| 27 | While one of the original purposes of trusts is believed to have been to avoid forfeiture for treason or escheat on a conviction of felony , the modern trust has been evolved as a useful instrument for protecting the weak and guarding the assets of those susceptible to stupid actions on account of age or facility . |
| 28 | In the capital , the certificate relating to Macdonald was received by John Dalrymple , Master of Stair , who had been appointed Secretary for Scotland by King William . |
| 29 | Bernard Tapie , who had been appointed Minister for Towns in April 1992 [ see pp. 38870-71 ; 38820 ] , resigned on May 23 . |
| 30 | Tommy cook had been plaguing Pinner for months . |