Example sentences of "had [been] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The weather had been kind for Boz 's wedding but it was less so for Tom and Dolly . |
| 2 | There had been publicity for occasional outbursts of violence and bad language or for shocking displays of sexuality , but there had never really been a significant breakthrough in terms of outspoken social statement . |
| 3 | Spencer 's conduct at the new Debtors ' Prison in Whitecross Street , where in 1828 he had been keeper for six years , was the subject of a Memorial from James Neild 's Thatched House Society to the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen of the City of London . |
| 4 | The Commissioners enquired how and why would the pension be paid , and the Governors explained that Hamilton was now 67 , had been Headmaster for 27 years , and although not then in bad health had two or three years previously had a serious illness , and was not considered equal to the work . |
| 5 | She had an abundance of tales from the old colonial days , when she had been cook for a white family . |
| 6 | He had been king for two and a half years , and he was aged by ten . |
| 7 | He had been Chairman for less then two years in succession to Dr. Greenwood , when he collapsed and died during a Welsh Regional Rally . |
| 8 | The death is reported of A. Shanks at Port Askaig where he had been agent for the steamer " Islay " for over 20 years . |
| 9 | Of course there had been time for two moves in the interim . |
| 10 | Mr Heddle had been MP for Mid Staffordshire since 1983 , with a majority of 14,654 in 1987 . |
| 11 | If Woonerven had been expensive , there must be doubt as to whether they had been value for money . |
| 12 | The Maronites were later to claim that there had been provocation for the killings but the attack appeared to have been carefully planned . |
| 13 | The Austrian Communist Party ( Kommunistische Partei Österreichs — KPÖ ) at its congress in Vienna on Jan. 20-21 , 1990 , accepted the decision of Franz Muhri , who had been chair for 25 years , not to stand for re-election . |
| 14 | The Federal Assembly ( Bundesversammlung ) on Dec. 9 elected Adolf Ogi and Otto Stich as President and Vice-President for 1993 respectively ( Ogi had been Vice-President for 1992 ) . |
| 15 | As with school meals , there had been pressure for a generation for free medical treatment of schoolchildren from doctors and philanthropists . |
| 16 | Its 1979 census population of about 162,000 was 75.9 per cent Armenian and only 22.9 per cent Azerbaijani , and there had been pressure for some years for its transfer back to Armenia and for a greater degree of autonomy for its predominantly Christian people . |
| 17 | The margin between the two rates had been zero for several weeks , reflecting the strength of the franc . |
| 18 | There had been applause for all the ‘ fraternal delegates and distinguished visitors ’ including Fianna Fail , Fine Gael and Labour . |