Example sentences of "had been [verb] for [noun prp] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That had been reserved for Nicholas and even there , le Grant wondered how far it was genuine . |
| 2 | The referendum had been scheduled for November but had been postponed at the request of the political parties following the transitional government 's evident difficulties in drawing up a voters ' register . |
| 3 | He was awakened later by the sound of laughter and , heaving himself out of his chair , he joined two Tories , John Taylor , the unsuccessful candidate for Cheltenham , and Mirj Deva , who had been elected for Brentford and Isleworth . |
| 4 | It had been unnerving for Martin and we had wasted a lot of time , but we pushed on to the final ridge . |
| 5 | But Madame Davenant kept a clean and respectable and quiet private hotel , which is why it had been chosen for Miranda and why she liked it , on the whole . |
| 6 | Hawksmoor had been working for Wren since he was 18 and Castle Howard was very probably modelled on Wren 's proposed plan for Hampton Court ( which never got beyond the drawing board ) . |