Example sentences of "he had been [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been earmarked for senior management and his posting to the US was intended to serve a double purpose . |
| 2 | His hair , untended , curled thick as a dog 's at his neck under a shapeless wool cap , and his mind was turned patently inwards ; far from seeking , or even thinking of the men from whom he had been parted for six weeks . |
| 3 | He had been observed for some time in the recovery unit as his central venous pressure and blood pressure were low . |
| 4 | By now he was of an age to make his own decisions , the first of which was to marry the English girl to whom he had been engaged for two years . |
| 5 | Shortly after liberation in 1945 , he married Peggy Whitall , to whom he had been engaged for seven years . |
| 6 | The most recent outstanding event in Jim 's distinguished career was the publication of his definitive catalogue of the collections of Christ Church , Oxford , on which he had been engaged for several years , coinciding with the opening of the new galleries to contain them . |
| 7 | He had been treated for nine months in one hospital and two months in another , and had returned home with recurrent dislocation of one knee and an un-united fracture of the other thigh . |
| 8 | The possibility that he had been killed for some reason connected with his father 's letters did not occur to Derek . |
| 9 | It was probably the first time he had been asked for such a drink , despite his long years of service . |
| 10 | Not for the first time Rostov wondered why he had been selected for this particular mission . |
| 11 | His judgment was almost impeccable , and on the ground where he had been caught for 99 five years earlier ( by Gower , the only current survivor from that England side ) , he now stood tall among the innings ruins . |
| 12 | He had been banned for three years for drink-driving in January , 1991. 18-month ban A DRINK-driver fractured three ribs when his car hit a skip , Wirral magistrates were told yesterday . |
| 13 | ‘ I asked him how he had been chosen for this honour and he told me ‘ I was pushed ’ ’ . |