Example sentences of "have [been] [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Outside the tomb entrance was a larger , rectangular altar which may have been used for sacrificial offerings . |
| 32 | It is doubtful whether these palls would have been considered for outdoor use , their materials being too precious to risk inclement weather and inconsiderate birds . |
| 33 | It is difficult to understand why Mark 's action was not brought to the attention of the authorities then , because his action as the captain of the aircraft dwells within many heroic and desperate actions that under normal circumstances would have been considered for high award . |
| 34 | This is not the support that might have been expected for fellow Germans stuck on the communist side after 1945 . |
| 35 | Subjects will have been infected for varying lengths of time , which may affect these findings . |
| 36 | Sir Rhodes Boyson , the MP for Brent North , who has led the Tory backbench campaign to wring more funds from the Treasury , argued that more money should have been provided for next year . |
| 37 | She must have been waiting for some time . |
| 38 | Eighteen months ago they would n't have been asking for more money |
| 39 | Between a third and a half of all short-term in-patient beds are occupied by people with nowhere suitable to go , and it is not uncommon for patients to stay in an acute hospital bed for one or two years when they should have been discharged for continued treatment in a more appropriate domestic environment within three months of their admission . |