Example sentences of "[vb infin] [been] [vb pp] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Piggy is short-sighted ; and the spectacles he would have been prescribed for this condition could not possibly have been used as burning glasses . |
| 2 | It is also guaranteeing mortgages at 1 per cent below the normal interest rate , for endowment or pension-linked policies , on several of the houses up for sale , an interesting and innovative service for would-be bidders ( mortgage surveys will already have been undertaken for these houses ) . |
| 3 | Another possibility is that the gas density may have been overestimated for some reason . |
| 4 | The keys must have been lost for some time . |
| 5 | In less than five minutes , many hopes of success will have been dashed for another year . |
| 6 | Well he must have been transferred for some reason or other . |
| 7 | Quinn gave him the car , a Volvo saloon , and its registration number ; both men surmised , rightly , that the plates would have been changed for that meeting , then changed back again . |
| 8 | In fact , some small part of the new funds might indeed have been used for this purpose as the societies ' balance sheet shows , but it will be only a very small proportion of the total funds received . |