Example sentences of "had been [adv] [adj] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Park had been largely responsible for South Korea 's successful drive to establish diplomatic links with the countries of eastern Europe , Kim had in March visited Moscow and appeared intent on becoming increasingly involved in the process . |
| 2 | The CER had been very successful for New Zealand , which since 1983 had been able to increase by 170 per cent its exports of mainly agricultural products to the relatively large Australian market , as well as to correct a large bilateral trade deficit . |
| 3 | In Troeltsch , the focusing of attention on ‘ religion ’ which had been so central for Schleiermacher and Liberal Theology is thus intensified to the point where its separation off from Christian theology becomes inevitable . |
| 4 | The spirited young woman who had been as eager for life as he was ? |
| 5 | That had been too close for comfort . |
| 6 | It had officially been called the York Minster , or similar , but that had been too passé for Soho 's artist colony . |
| 7 | The lure had been too compelling for Heather to resist and he had the photographs to prove it . |
| 8 | Perhaps she had been too old for parenthood , and then it was very sad for a girl to lose her father in her teens . |
| 9 | It had been too incredible for words to describe . |
| 10 | On one occasion , when playing to a group of Durham University students , I told them that I had been personally responsible for Nelson Mandela 's release , and a tuxedo-clad toff suggested I should n't have bothered . |
| 11 | But it soon became apparent to the pioneering voluntary organizations that established them , such as the Richmond Fellowship , that patients who had been mentally unwell for years did not miraculously become capable of independent living in a short space of time ; they often needed permanent help and support and coped particularly poorly with changes in their environment and lifestyle . |
| 12 | But Travis had been marvellously patient for months and months now — could n't she find a way to put him out of the private hell he was in ? |