Example sentences of "been [verb] [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In goodwill tours of the Six Counties he has been heard to ask for alcohol-free lager and other exotic drinks . |
| 2 | The walks have been arranged to cater for all age groups , with a few designed for those with limited walking ability , and some have been planned to link with bus routes . |
| 3 | It indicated for the first time that quantum theory , which had been developed to account for atomic phenomena , still remained successful when applied to nuclei , systems which are a hundred thousand times smaller . |
| 4 | — The supergroup Six of the Best is so popular at Seaham 's Westlea Social Club that they have been booked to appear for three nights as part of the club 's 39th birthday celebrations on June 12 , 13 and 14 . |
| 5 | In February 1952 , The Musical Express bade farewell to its readers with a final issue that blazed proudly on its cover ‘ Tommy Dorsey For Olympic Games ’ , the accompanying story telling of how bandleader Dorsey and his orchestra had been booked to play for four hours daily at the games in Finland that summer . |
| 6 | Captain Mark Phillips had been expected to remain for some time in his cottage on the estate , where he has lived since the marriage broke up three years ago . |
| 7 | The system has been designed to allow for new developments . |
| 8 | They identify aspects of grief and restitution , the need to feel secure and confident that all that can be done has been done to recompense for earlier losses , and that one has a safe confidante somewhere in the situation . |
| 9 | The area had been going to seed for many years after the ship chandlers who once thrived there went one by one out of business . |
| 10 | A number of general theories which have been used to account for such relationships are first described and evidence bearing on them is discussed . |
| 11 | I can recall , back in the early ‘ 80s , serious difficulty encountered in the Castle Brand Pension Fund which , when the Company closed , was found to be in serious deficit , as part of that fund had been used to pay for earlier redundancies in that Company . |
| 12 | Ralph Pickles says that although the product is not profitable yet , the price has been set to allow for expanded production . |
| 13 | Specimens have been known to live for 10 years and more . |
| 14 | Size : Growing to about 8″ : in length , this Chaetodon should be kept in a large aquarium , although it is very hardy and , under ideal conditions , specimens have been known to live for several years . |
| 15 | Influenced particularly by Ravi Shankar , whose film music he had been hired to score for Western musicians . |
| 16 | He said BC had been authorised to negotiate for future contracts on the basis of supplying at a world market related price . |
| 17 | He shall be assessed on the whole amount or value of that benefit except in so far as is shown that the benefit derives directly or indirectly from income on which he has already been charged to tax for that year or a previous year of assessment . |
| 18 | In his view it was disgusting that the union had been forced to battle for four years to win the day . |
| 19 | A fairly simple algorithm has been implemented to search for possible alternatives for these letter positions , given the surrounding candidate letters ( as detailed in section 3.4.1 ) . |
| 20 | A forty year old Glasgow widower who admitted sex offences against children has been sent to jail for five years . |
| 21 | Powerhouse walked out after complaining that they had been kept waiting for 40 minutes for the court and Components Bureau claimed the points by default and then appealed unsuccessfully against the Scottish Association 's decision to rearrange the fixture . |
| 22 | By comparison , a sheepdog has been recorded barking for seven hours non-stop and a cocker spaniel is capable of cramming over 900 yelps into a ten-minute period . |
| 23 | Director Alvin Rakoff had problems with Crawford when it came to a crucial , very dramatic scene that he shared with Donald Pleasence , who was playing the police officer who could see a way to nailing the crook whom he had been trying to get for twenty years through his son . |
| 24 | Helen had been trying to learn for some time , but she found it very hard although Tony was endlessly patient with her . |