Example sentences of "[pers pn] had been [vb pp] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had been affianced for some weeks . ’ |
| 2 | They posed for photographers at the star-studded show , giving the lie to rumours they had been separated for several weeks . |
| 3 | When they had been seated for some time Titch said : ‘ I suppose you 've heard the news ? ’ |
| 4 | He went from house to house dragging two metal ingots and everybody was amazed to see pots , pans , tongs and braziers tumble down from their places and beams creak from the desperation of nails and screws trying to emerge , and even objects that had been lost for a long time appeared from where they had been searched for most and went dragging along in turbulent confusion behind Melquíades ' magical irons . |
| 5 | She had brought glasses and dishes from home , she said ; they had been boxed for many years too long . |
| 6 | But they had been chosen for some little time already . |
| 7 | They had been provided for many years by the YWCA , and other urban based and normally middle class-run charitable societies dispensing relief and assistance . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The schedule of accommodation which forms the basic document around which the rest of the building note is developed , and which I shall illustrate , was prepared , for this particular group of patients , in precisely the same way as it had been done for some of the other sub-groups within mental illness and mental handicapped for which various supplements have been prepared to which I referred above . |
| 10 | It had been recognised for some time that only through rationalisation into larger productive and distributive units could the movement overcome the damaging rivalries among societies in the same neighbourhood , and through economies of scale promote further growth . |
| 11 | It had been used for many years as a staff hostel for an Oxford Street department store . |
| 12 | Our use of some light music on the Fort San Programme was excused because it had been requested for those patients recovering in hospital . |
| 13 | It had been known for some time that relations between Stephenson and Villa were strained because of the player 's insistence on living in his home-town of Newcastle , and several clubs , keen to secure him , were watching the situation closely . |
| 14 | He had been observed for some time in the recovery unit as his central venous pressure and blood pressure were low . |
| 15 | The most recent outstanding event in Jim 's distinguished career was the publication of his definitive catalogue of the collections of Christ Church , Oxford , on which he had been engaged for several years , coinciding with the opening of the new galleries to contain them . |
| 16 | The possibility that he had been killed for some reason connected with his father 's letters did not occur to Derek . |
| 17 | It was probably the first time he had been asked for such a drink , despite his long years of service . |
| 18 | Not for the first time Rostov wondered why he had been selected for this particular mission . |
| 19 | ‘ I asked him how he had been chosen for this honour and he told me ‘ I was pushed ’ ’ . |
| 20 | 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 … |