Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] been [vb pp] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'VE BEEN ACCEPTED FOR London Marathon … ( other events ) |
| 2 | I 'VE BEEN ACCEPTED FOR London Marathon … ( other events ) |
| 3 | ‘ It is obvious that I have been exploited for propaganda purposes in a film in which I should never have allowed myself to appear , ’ he bitterly commented afterwards . |
| 4 | The development is being promoted by the City of Edinburgh District Council , although it has not yet progressed to the submission of a planning application on which I have been asked for comments by the District Councils Director of Planning . |
| 5 | I have been prepared for death for many years . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I understand you 've been recommended for business training at our school here . |
| 7 | She frequently attacked her attendants and discharged herself from institutions where she had been sent for treatment . |
| 8 | She had been treated for depression . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She had been meant for Tolonen — as a ‘ gift ’ to replace his murdered daughter — but Jelka 's survival had meant a change of plans . |
| 11 | She had been admitted for treatment on many occasions , he said . |
| 12 | This script began with Aunt Lilian 's release from the shabby asylum in which she had been held for decades . |
| 13 | Further to your recent interview for the above post , I am pleased to advise that you have been selected for short-list interview . |
| 14 | I refer to your recent application for the above position and am pleased to advise that you have been selected for interview . |
| 15 | I refer to your recent application for the above position and am pleased to inform you that you have been selected for interview . |
| 16 | Less ambitiously , you might ask your employer to agree to repatriate you , together with your family and possessions , free of charge , if your job ends prematurely for any reason , except perhaps if you have been dismissed for misconduct . |
| 17 | ‘ Karim , you have been cast for authenticity and not for experience . ’ |
| 18 | With only two exceptions you all did very well in your qualifying examinations and I am very proud of the school 's results , but , I am sorry , only twelve of you have been accepted for Form 1 . ’ |
| 19 | It is perfectly in order to ask for a copy of the annual report , the balance sheet and any other promotional material as soon as you have been called for interview , or even beforehand . |
| 20 | ‘ We 'd been told for years how generous they would be , but when we challenged them , they had nothing for us . |
| 21 | ‘ We have been punished for schoolboy errors in defence and we can not afford similar slips against Hartlepool . |
| 22 | We have been pestered for men to protect several houses , and as these people have such influence , we can not refuse . ’ |
| 23 | That as they 've been made redundant , as they 've been victimized for trade union activity possibly , we then as a union decide that they can not stand for office ? |
| 24 | TUBE passenger Jonathan Zito was stabbed to death in front of his brother just after they had been reunited for Christmas . |
| 25 | Items generated internally would be recorded once they had been authorised for issue . |
| 26 | They had been accepted for admission before the onset of dementia ( most sheltered housing associations would not accept a new tenant who was already showing evidence of dementia ) , but with increasing age in the sheltered housing population cases are likely to occur more frequently . |
| 27 | Bruce 's forces were defeated first in Methven wood by the English , and then beside Loch Tay by Comyn 's uncle , the Lord of Lorn The king 's sister and the Countess of Buchan who had crowned him were dragged out of sanctuary where they had been sent for safety , and exhibited in cages hanging from castle walls at Roxburgh and Berwick . |
| 28 | They had been made for Maria by a Polish émigré , Floryan Wyspianski , a man in his early thirties , who had settled in Budapest after the war . |
| 29 | More important is the fact that many of the draft 's boldest strokes would seem a lot more realistic if they had been destined for Mark Fisher and a Labour government . |
| 30 | In November 1286 Robert of Everingham , hereditary warden of Sherwood Forest , and ten others were released on bail from prison in Nottingham , to which they had been committed for venison offences . |