Example sentences of "[vb infin] been [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | However , no finds of this type are known from Chedworth , although a number of agricultural implements were found in the excavations , including a plough-tip ; some other tools such as the spade-iron and mattock could have been used for gardening . |
| 32 | Subject to planning permission , it could sensibly have been used for development and perhaps for a number of other purposes … |
| 33 | Vessels may have been used for eating , drinking , containing and carrying liquids , but each type may have had a specific function such as the use of open bowls as lamps . |
| 34 | They would have been used for transport between the Stroudwater Canal and Stratford Mills . |
| 35 | It has a long , narrow plan , the northern end of which may have been used for stabling horses or housing the cattle . |
| 36 | RIGHT : One of the most interesting buildings at Beards Mill is this early 19th century wool store , which may also have been used for weaving . |
| 37 | Dr Hughes , who said UKOOA would urgently seek views of members on the detailed impact of the moves , pointed out that the changes could mean the industry as a whole losing from £300 million to £400 million in cash flow which could have been used for reinvestment over each of the next two years . |
| 38 | We found that although up to 11 ( 17% ) patients admitted with liver disease to a district general hospital over a three year period might reasonably have been considered for liver transplantation , only three ( 5% ) were actually referred . |
| 39 | Edward Nundy , 55 , of Southend , Essex , was allegedly seen at his boat when he should have been working for Car Buyer magazine . |
| 40 | The fee paid to the surrogate mother is thought to degrade not only her , but also the child , ‘ since for all practical purposes the child will have been bought for money ’ . |
| 41 | Her parents say the man who did it should have been gaoled for life . |
| 42 | But as we walked further the noise we had heard , which at first might have been taken for wind and rain , began to break up into shouts , cries , calls , over a ground-bass which I can only call a sigh : a deep sigh , repeated over and over , as if the wide world itself were sighing . |
| 43 | When the officer said , ‘ You will be charged with sedition , over and above the mobbing , but in certain circumstances that might not be pressed , ’ Cameron distressed himself by making a small , indefinite sound which could well have been taken for agreement . |
| 44 | If not twins , they might have been taken for brother and sister . |
| 45 | As a source of information , the return collates much that should have been delivered for registration when the relevant transactions occurred , so that a searcher may find it unnecessary to search back beyond the latest annual return on the file . |
| 46 | Trying to interrogate officers of the Grand Army would have been asking for trouble . |
| 47 | He would have liked to have watched it from the public gallery ; but that would have been asking for trouble . |
| 48 | In addition to costs incurred by such a person which would also have been incurred by a solicitor acting on his or her behalf , the court can allow on taxation a sum not more than two-thirds of that which a solicitor would have been allowed for profit costs . |