Example sentences of "been [verb] for [noun pl] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Capriati has been courted for months by IMG , whose promotion , coupled with success on court , will bring their teenage client millions of dollars . |
| 2 | The disk has been checked for viruses by the UK Computer Virus Certification Centre , based at the University of Bradford . |
| 3 | The disk has been checked for viruses by the UK Computer Virus Certification Centre , based at the University of Bradford . |
| 4 | Prediction is inaccurate , and one is reminded that economic recovery has been forecast for years by a party in government that is supposed to have great financial expertise . |
| 5 | You might have been driving for years by going over the top of the wheel as a lot of lorry drivers do . |
| 6 | Other books have been championed for years by obsessed option-owners , like Saul Zaentz 's doomed production of Peter Matthiesen 's At Play In The Fields Of The Lord , and Cronenberg 's Naked Lunch , the latter understanding that cult novels ca n't usually be filmed at all . |
| 7 | There are also Roman siegeworks which may have been used for exercises by troops from nearby temporary camps still visible around Pennymuir . |
| 8 | Peterson Strobe Tuners in particular have been used for years by professional musicians because of their superior accuracy . |
| 9 | The development is being promoted by the City of Edinburgh District Council , although it has not yet progressed to the submission of a planning application on which I have been asked for comments by the District Councils Director of Planning . |
| 10 | The cultural revival has been planned for years by members of the good old Council , members that prefer to stay in the background , having achieved the astounding feat of legislating and pedestrianising their way through the licensing laws , to an atmosphere of continental cultural Bonhomie from Blairdardie to Baillieston . |
| 11 | Sources say Sun Microsystems Inc has been bedevilled for months by a rash of pilfering and outright thieving that 's beginning to cost it some serious money . |