Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] for [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Piggy is short-sighted ; and the spectacles he would have been prescribed for this condition could not possibly have been used as burning glasses . |
| 2 | Another possibility is that the gas density may have been overestimated for some reason . |
| 3 | The keys must have been lost for some time . |
| 4 | In less than five minutes , many hopes of success will have been dashed for another year . |
| 5 | Well he must have been transferred for some reason or other . |
| 6 | Quinn gave him the car , a Volvo saloon , and its registration number ; both men surmised , rightly , that the plates would have been changed for that meeting , then changed back again . |
| 7 | In fact , some small part of the new funds might indeed have been used for this purpose as the societies ' balance sheet shows , but it will be only a very small proportion of the total funds received . |