Example sentences of "[verb] have been [vb pp] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is reported to have been used for surveillance of the United Unionist Action Council strike headquarters in May 1977 together with an infinity bug in a newlyinstalled telephone in a committee room . |
| 2 | As Smith commented , it is incomprehensible that Moorcroft does not appear to have been considered for appointment as the first Professor of the London College . |
| 3 | Do you know that you are thought to have been imprisoned for debt ? ’ |
| 4 | Curiously , most of the rules seem to have been conceived for print media : there are few pieces of TV and radio ‘ folklore ’ of this kind . |
| 5 | They have been radiocarbon dated to about the 9th or 10th centuries AD and seem to have been intended for use in ceremonies associated with an important priest . |
| 6 | In contrast to some systems which seem to have been designed for gadget freaks , GEC 's control panel is simplicity itself . |
| 7 | A similar sum is expected for a landscape drawing by Fra Bartolommeo entitled ‘ A farm on a ridge ’ , dating from 1508 , which , like other similar landscape drawings by the artist , appears to have been drawn for pleasure . |
| 8 | ‘ I have heard , ’ said Henry slowly , ‘ that on occasion — by accident , usually — aconite has been known to have been mistaken for horseradish . ’ |
| 9 | This can be done by timing the sequence with a stop watch ( which can itself be proved to have been checked for accuracy if required ) . |
| 10 | It was reported that by Aug. 19 , 75 per cent of vouchers purchased had been traded for company shares . |