Example sentences of "[noun] had been [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Old Stopfordians ' Association had been trying for many years to raise sufficient money to build the Pavilion , and indeed had sold the Harrison Towns field some three years previously for this very reason . |
| 2 | His next move was to Madrid , an upheaval that he and his girlfriend had been planning for some time , and there his photographic education continued apace , despite one or two minor problems . |
| 3 | And it is left obvious that the card had been printed for her aides to make notes for her forthcoming speeches . |
| 4 | The figures were much the same after the experiment had been running for three months , but 83% thought the experiment should continue . |
| 5 | This was interesting ; some tritium was occurring naturally in the heavy water and when they measured the tritium levels after the experiment had been running for some hours they found that the tritium level had dropped . |
| 6 | He wrote to Hanns about the time when wigs had been needed for Dulcie 's ballet Fête galante , and one of the part-time dancers in the Ballet Club , a hairdresser by trade , offered to make them , from papier-mâché . |
| 7 | Some said at the time that Leviathan had been written for Cromwell , and indeed Hobbes did say that it supported a ‘ conscientious obedience to the present government ’ of the Protectorate . |
| 8 | If these ten poorest readers had been selected for remedial teaching during the six-month period a ( probably ) spurious improvement in spelling would be inferred . |
| 9 | Malan ignored calls in Parliament for his resignation from both the Democratic Party ( DP ) and the CP — the latter on the grounds that right-wing organizations had been blamed for what had in reality been the activities of the CCB . |
| 10 | Problems there certainly were : the disentangling of assets with multiple uses ( for example , some offices had been used for gas billing as well as for electricity ) inevitably caused some headaches . |
| 11 | The eyes had been bred for the glare , the body for the heat . |
| 12 | Marie had been waiting for him out in the car-park . |
| 13 | Rotation was continued until the gall bladder was clear on fluoroscopy and no impacts had been felt for five minutes . |
| 14 | In April 22 traders were charged with illegal trading , and the Justice Department announced on Aug. 2 that a total of 46 traders had been indicted for futures fraud . |
| 15 | The car had been waiting for him . |
| 16 | It was obvious to Michael and Geoffrey that the car had been waiting for them . |
| 17 | I was surprised , therefore , to discover that quite a busy programme had been arranged for me . |
| 18 | The Red Cross said that as of yesterday morning 285 survivors had been accounted for , but other sources put the number of survivors at only about 150. — Reuter |
| 19 | His best guess was that the reference was to Nerys , that his unconscious mind had been looking for comfort in the prospect that Wayne would at least be with his mother , in which case he decided that there was probably some hope for his mental state after all . |
| 20 | His mind had been prepared for an impossible radiance and it had taken time to absorb a new set of signals . |
| 21 | A senior Customs and Excise source said yesterday that all the relevant ministries had been approached for evidence during that time , yet not one warned them off . |
| 22 | Initially , she had been ostracised in some quarters , and on several occasions when she had arranged a soiree , rival parties had been arranged for the same night . |
| 23 | It was unlikely that murder had been committed for a few pounds , but one could never be sure . |
| 24 | Yet at the time the report was released , the actual company that was used as the basis for the research had been trading for five months and is coping well with a difficult launch period and providing to be highly successful in meeting its targets . |
| 25 | Why of course : the Essoldo had been built for these middle class folk in the 1930s — they were Patrons ! |
| 26 | In later letters to Hanns , John mentioned that ‘ we have quite a lot of black tarlatan , so if you could use it in your designs , do so ’ , as about £1 had been allowed for each costume and the tarlatan was free . |
| 27 | Because of the recession , stockpiles of ‘ new ’ cars had been waiting for a buyer for up to two years . |
| 28 | IBM noted that Zschau had been tapped for the post before Louis Gerstner came aboard as its new chairman , and said that there were no plans to offer AdStar shares to the public . |
| 29 | Gryschenko had been missing for more than two days . |
| 30 | The squinch had been known for some time and was used in Persia , Turkestan , Armenia and Asia Minor . |