Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Get a bit of sympathy cos I 've been asked for eight by you . |
| 2 | I did mention that er I 'm a retired tax inspector and I 'm very long retired , I 've been retired for thirteen years , thoroughly enjoying it , hope you too but your first questions w must be what the devil am I doing thirteen years retired tax inspector talking to you on a technical subject , why on earth ca n't you get the real thing ? |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been hired for some zany roles in this metropolis , and a few of them leaned towards the crooked . |
| 4 | Speaking immediately after his election , John Young said : ‘ I am honoured and delighted to be elected Deputy Vice President and I see it as an opportunity to contribute to some of the serious issues facing the profession , and to represent a body with which I have been involved for much of my life . |
| 5 | I have been involved for many years with the channel tunnel project as a whole and its associated terminal at King 's Cross . |
| 6 | my vocation — the work , ministry , roles I am called to and the gifts I have been given for these . |
| 7 | She 'd been divorced for 12 years . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | You 've been made for other things than politics and intrigue . ’ |
| 10 | In a quiet , gentle , but troubled voice , Cardiff said , ‘ You 've been gone for twenty-six years , Barbara . ’ |
| 11 | We 've also included in there , on item twelve , a net bill item , but does need to be recognized as an addition to your total spending , and that is , you 've been involved for many years with the health authority in arranging for the discharge of people from long-stay hospitals , and their absorption into the community , and each of these are a provider of many services , and daycare services to those particular individuals . |
| 12 | She said we are not employed , we are , so I said oh , what 's the difference , you pay for that , you 've been paid for that , I said , because I promise you can , you can go . |
| 13 | She had been asked for twelve and it was now half past eleven , which would give her time for a pleasant comfortable drive to Carpendens Court . |
| 14 | The woman did not return to complete the divorce , although she had been separated for three years . |
| 15 | Checking through her notes , the doctor saw that she had been treated for vaginal thrush on several occasions . |
| 16 | She had been paralysed for thirty years . |
| 17 | Betty Bell was the chief informant about Harold Shoosmith for she had been engaged for three mornings and three evenings a week . |
| 18 | She had been jailed for seven days . |
| 19 | She had been widowed for five months , very nearly . |
| 20 | You are entitled to a written statement of the reasons for your dismissal if you have been employed for two years or more . |
| 21 | For example , if you have been employed for four years and earn a basic salary of £40,000 , one hardly need emphasise the difference between the value of your rights if you are eligible just for the statutory minimum of four weeks ' notice and the scale of your claim if you are on , say , a three-year rolling contract . |
| 22 | ‘ You have been selected for this commission because of your exceptional technical skills , and your great artistic ability . |
| 23 | • AA Hospital Plus provides full insurance cover for pre-existing medical conditions , once you have been covered for two years without a recurrence . |
| 24 | Additionally , if you have received treatment or advice for a medical condition during the 2 years before taking up the Hospital Income Plan , your cover for the condition commences after you have been insured for 24 months or if you are admitted to hospital for that condition during this period then as soon after the 24 months as you have been free of in-patient treatment for 12 months . |
| 25 | Almost without exception we 'd been knocked for six . |
| 26 | ‘ But we 've been separated for four years , ’ she reminded him in a more reasonable tone . |
| 27 | We 've been bugged for 10 years by a reputation for extremism and division , which we 're just getting rid of . |
| 28 | No I did n't Stefan , we 've been blamed for some things in our time , have n't we but |
| 29 | We had been affianced for some weeks . ’ |
| 30 | We had been held for three and a half years and we still had no idea when we might be released . |