Example sentences of "had [be] [vb pp] for [det] reason " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another suggestion was that an entire class of LMS express locomotives had been withdrawn for some reason . |
| 2 | Though since to find an alternative word was n't going to alter matters at all by the look of it , Fabia began to wonder if perhaps Vendelin Gajdusek was coming back from Prague today to keep his appointment but had been delayed for some reason or another . |
| 3 | The possibility that he had been killed for some reason connected with his father 's letters did not occur to Derek . |
| 4 | It was true that men had been killed for less reason . |
| 5 | The place was fairly close to his parents ' home and possibly had been chosen for that reason . |
| 6 | There should have been a large timber column but this had been removed for some reason many years ago and led to the roof sagging some 4 ’ . |