Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] been [vb pp] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stated that in New York , regarding practical experience , the only bodies that trainee embalmers could obtain were unclaimed ones which had been refrigerated for months , and not just a few hours old , as is the popular myth in this country . |
| 2 | Giving as its reason police brutality against black protesters , in particular at Sebokeng , the ANC broke off its first preliminary meeting with the government , which had been scheduled for April 11 . |
| 3 | On Feb. 18 the North suspended the fourth round of Premiers ' talks which had been scheduled for Feb. 25-28 , but agreement was reached the same month on joint sports teams [ see p. 38010 ; see also pp. 38341 ; 38437 ; 38529 ; 38576 ] . |
| 4 | The Soviet Union was requested not to issue a permit for a proposed scientific catch of 90 minke whales ( which had been scheduled for summer 1991 ) , and Japan was invited to reconsider its research under special permit proposing an Antarctic catch of 300 minke whales ( plus or minus 10 per cent , scheduled for the 1991-92 season ) . |
| 5 | By the end of 1991 it was apparent that the referendum to determine the future of the Western Sahara , which had been scheduled for Jan. 26 , would have to be postponed for at least nine months . |
| 6 | The second round of voting in the general election , which had been scheduled for Jan. 16 , had in the meantime been cancelled by an existing body , the High Security Council , which included Prime Minister Sid-Ahmed Ghozali . |
| 7 | Once again advantage was being taken of the false building block principle which had been discovered for sulphanilamide ( see Chapter 8 ) . |
| 8 | Moulvi Ali Zoha , a Rohingya Muslim who arrived in Bangladesh on Monday , told United News , a Bangladeshi news agency , that the soldiers were angered when the Muslims broke open the doors of the mosque , which had been locked for months since the Burmese authorities clamped down on the Rohingyas . |
| 9 | Blundell has filled the vacancy which had been earmarked for first-choice newcomer Damon Hill . |
| 10 | Historically this was created shortly after nineteen sixty one as a rough way of judging the submissions which had been made for sketch plan purposes on the basis of the nineteen fifty five circular . |
| 11 | As early as 1914 , arrangements for building new sick wards , that is , a workhouse infirmary , had been progressing , and in October , some sheds which had been used for wood chopping and storage were demolished to make way for the building of the new sick pavilions . |
| 12 | Eventually Maxim 's improvised and placed some leeks , which had been used for consomme " , in front of the King . |
| 13 | A Convention on Insider Trading which had been opened for signature in April 1989 entered into force on Oct. 1 , 1991 , with its ratification by Norway , Sweden and the UK . |
| 14 | Early in June 1689 Edinburgh Castle , which had been held for James , surrendered , but Blair Castle , at Blair Atholl in Perthshire , eight miles [ 13 km ] north-west of Pitlochry , had now declared for the Jacobite cause . |
| 15 | Since the Second World War the family has entered the international arena by its contributions to multi-racial education in Africa , by establishing the International Students ' House in London for students from overseas , and by founding the Michael Wills Scholarships at Oxford University to replace the Rhodes Scholarships which had been discontinued for Germans in 1939 . |
| 16 | ( It is somewhat remarkable to note that after such stirring events , the committee went on to draw the master 's attention to the fact that a horse had been observed grazing in the paddock , which had been let for sheep only . |
| 17 | Another batch of goods which had been bought for £400 and sold for £600 were subsequently found to be faulty . |
| 18 | people who 'd been expelled for cannabis , |
| 19 | She frequently attacked her attendants and discharged herself from institutions where she had been sent for treatment . |
| 20 | She had been treated for depression . |
| 21 | She had been prepared for tubes , drips , oxygen masks , machines that bleeped frantically , and anxious , hovering doctors in white coats ; not Bella , as truculent as ever , sitting up demanding cups of tea . |
| 22 | She had been meant for Tolonen — as a ‘ gift ’ to replace his murdered daughter — but Jelka 's survival had meant a change of plans . |
| 23 | She had been admitted for treatment on many occasions , he said . |
| 24 | This script began with Aunt Lilian 's release from the shabby asylum in which she had been held for decades . |
| 25 | He was awakened later by the sound of laughter and , heaving himself out of his chair , he joined two Tories , John Taylor , the unsuccessful candidate for Cheltenham , and Mirj Deva , who had been elected for Brentford and Isleworth . |
| 26 | As a result of the changes Richard Prebble , who had been dismissed for disloyalty in November 1988 by David Lange , Palmer 's predecessor [ see p. 36294 ] , returned to the government . |
| 27 | There were some who had been destined for fighters , especially Meteors , who found themselves headed for a dreaded bomber tour . |
| 28 | These results suggest that the children of fathers who had been monitored for exposure to external penetrating ionising radiation in the nuclear industry may be at increased risk of developing leukaemia before their fifth birthday . |
| 29 | Patients with complex partial epilepsy refractory to medical treatment , and who had been assessed for epilepsy surgery , were studied between April , 1989 and October , 1992 . |
| 30 | In R. v. Jordan ( 1967 ) Jordan , who had been sentenced for offences under the Race Relations Act 1965 , applied for a writ of habeas corpus claiming that he had been convicted under an invalid law . |