Example sentences of "we have [been] [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost without exception we 'd been knocked for six . |
| 2 | ‘ But we 've been separated for four years , ’ she reminded him in a more reasonable tone . |
| 3 | We 've been bugged for 10 years by a reputation for extremism and division , which we 're just getting rid of . |
| 4 | No I did n't Stefan , we 've been blamed for some things in our time , have n't we but |
| 5 | We had been affianced for some weeks . ’ |
| 6 | We had been held for three and a half years and we still had no idea when we might be released . |
| 7 | However , the know-how fund is doing extremely good work throughout the former Soviet republics , where we have been asked for that help , as it is in the rest of central and eastern Europe . |
| 8 | We have been told for several centuries now that every child is naturally different and it is therefore wrong to impose on one the mould which has been prepared for others unlike it . |
| 9 | ‘ What is the true financial cost to the public of this deal , and why we have been deceived for 16 months ? ’ |