Example sentences of "had been [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Assembly Sunday , the one just after Christian Aid Week , the visiting preacher , Rev. Stewart Matthew , told us that the day before , under the dripping trees of Holyrood , he had met a young man who had told him with pride and joy that over £13,000 had been raised for Christian Aid at his church . |
| 2 | Alexei had been listening for other footsteps coming along the bridge . |
| 3 | The sentence of Poindexter 's former subordinate , Oliver North , had been overturned for similar reasons in July 1990 [ see p. 37605 ] , but the appellate panel now went further by refusing to allow Walsh to return to the trial judge and attempt to show that the trial testimony was not tainted , as had been permitted in North 's case . |
| 4 | In the Dec. 28 elections held in Nagorny Karabakh for its self-proclaimed republican Supreme Soviet [ see p. 38657 ] , 11 of the 81 seats had been reserved for Azerbaijani deputies , but not taken up . |
| 5 | A national survey in 1979 found that whereas 22 per cent of boys from ‘ lower-manual ’ families had been convicted for criminal offences , only 4 per cent of boys from ‘ upper-middle ’ families had been . |
| 6 | One , Sir Joseph Robinson , who had been convicted for fraudulent share-dealing in South Africa , was sufficiently so that the Chief Whip , F. E. Guest , was charged with calling on him in his suite at the Savoy Hotel and telling him that he had no alternative but to withdraw from the list even though his name had already been published . |
| 7 | Further inquiries were now being made and the substance seized had been sent for scientific analysis . |
| 8 | Both very meticulous players , they had fallen more than one hole behind and had been warned for slow play . |
| 9 | James Ousley , chief executive officer of the Control Data Systems Inc spin-out , says its former parent , Control Data Corp — now divided into two separate companies ( UX No 387 ) — had been looking for additional capital for a number of years , but was not able to tempt any investors to bankroll an organisation with interests as diverse as proprietary mainframes , Unix , military and government software and services and a lottery business . |
| 10 | The inquest heard that Leonie had been seen regularly by her GP and had been referred for psychiatric treatment . |
| 11 | By June 17 the police chief responsible for the Tehran section of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution ( Pasdaran ) force announced that special squads had been formed for rapid mobilization as necessary to control urban unrest . |
| 12 | Davies , who had been jailed for similar offences eight years ago , will be sentenced next month . |
| 13 | The biggest problem and disappointment was that the international rig count continued downwards and that was where we had been hoping for increased sales and increased market share looking into this year and into the last part of last year . |
| 14 | And the demand for jam jars had been so great that even salvage dumps and cemeteries had been searched for extra supplies . |
| 15 | Originally , some 424 acres ( 170 hectares ) of land in Cramlington had been designated for industrial development . |
| 16 | The British position had been to press for intergovernmental co-operation on foreign , security and judicial matters ( outside the European Community as such ) and to emphasise the deepening of the democracy of the national parliaments of the Member States rather than of the European Parliament itself . |
| 17 | He complained that his design had been criticized for deficient lighting but he had shown the Committee that his windows were larger than those in sixteen or seventeen well-known classical buildings in London . |
| 18 | It enabled Bush , who had been criticized for excessive prioritization of foreign policy , to demonstrate concern for and involvement in domestic affairs , and to demonstrate a commitment to civil rights at a time when Duke 's gubernatorial candidacy in Louisiana [ see above ] had embarrassed the Republican party . |
| 19 | The shortest route through Kent , entering London from the south , was clearly the best but had been rejected for political reasons , he added . |
| 20 | For up-market small-party charter hire , InterCity also procured the former London Midland Region general manager 's saloon No 6320 — something of a hybrid , comprising a special body on a Mk 1 underframe and B4 bogies , which had been converted for dual braking and electric train heating . |
| 21 | The main thrust of the council 's efforts had been to lobby for new housing , improve neighbourhood services and strengthen neighbourhood rapport . |
| 22 | Commodore G. Paul , plans of the drainage under the green had been made for future reference . |
| 23 | Specialized apparatus , which formerly had been made for specific purposes in the laboratory where it was required , could be obtained from manufacturers of scientific instruments , saving much time and labour . |
| 24 | Places reserved ‘ But supporters of the scheme said provision had been made for disabled shoppers . |
| 25 | But this only confirmed the importance of AFHQ 's view , reflecting that of Churchill , that nothing should be done to provoke the Yugoslavs or exacerbate the tense situation until all military preparations had been made for full-scale action if necessary . |
| 26 | Gen. V. Dovgan , a senior military-industrial administrator , had been dismissed and stripped of his rank after it had been revealed that he informally approved the sale of the tanks to ANT , and Deputy Aviation Industry Minister Anatoly Bratukhin had been dismissed for gross violation of arms export regulations . |
| 27 | Spruce , turning the pages idly , found an entry for a Monday in February 1877 : three pupils had been beaten for disorderly behaviour in church the previous Sunday . |
| 28 | He had been earmarked for senior management and his posting to the US was intended to serve a double purpose . |
| 29 | As he will be aware , in June the United States Government had a sum of , I think , $21 million which had been earmarked for military aid set aside for the very purposes that the hon. Gentleman suggests . |
| 30 | If these ten poorest readers had been selected for remedial teaching during the six-month period a ( probably ) spurious improvement in spelling would be inferred . |