Example sentences of "[pron] have been [vb pp] for this " in BNC.

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1 A much fresher horse who has been trained for this all season is Brown Windsor , fourth two years ago .
2 That 's correct , and that the further down , I mean it says that er there is a er it says that the reason you 've had been the reason you 've been sent for this treatment is because of er a particular condition you 've got .
3 The exception was Dawn Allenby , a woman in her thirties who had been engaged for this first production only and who , two days into rehearsal , had fallen heavily for Richard St Ives .
4 You have been selected for this commission because of your exceptional technical skills , and your great artistic ability .
5 Viking is way behind schedule : it had been intended for this quarter , but StorageTek said that based on the present status of the product and schedule estimates it expects IBM-compatible products based on Viking architecture to be available in the second half of 1994 .
6 Not for the first time Rostov wondered why he had been selected for this particular mission .
7 ‘ I asked him how he had been chosen for this honour and he told me ‘ I was pushed ’ ’ .
8 Neither of us had been prepared for this sudden release of feeling ; Edward seemed embarrassed by the confession , I embarrassed by his embarrassment , and regretting my earlier ungenerous thoughts …
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