Example sentences of "[been] [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There have been calls for legislation to give suppliers an automatic right to claim interest on overdue payments and for debt collecting procedures in the courts to be simplified . |
| 2 | There had been calls for Belkheir 's resignation after the Algerian press pointed out that the " special intervention unit " charged with Boudiaf 's security came under Interior Ministry control . |
| 3 | The weather had been kind for Boz 's wedding but it was less so for Tom and Dolly . |
| 4 | Heads of department from the Soviet trade union centre , the AUCCTU , are expected to visit Congress House in the New Year on a fact-finding mission , and there have been requests for training links to be built between the TUC and the Hungarian trade union body , SZOT , which has been attempting to restructure itself over the last two years . |
| 5 | These are almost always the same men , the ones who own the guns and the best-trained dogs , whose families have been hunters for years , passing their knowledge and experience down through the generations until it 's almost in the blood . |
| 6 | There have also been proposals for cuts in public spending . |
| 7 | Having been exporters for decades , Japan 's car makers are at last becoming real multinationals , with factories all over the world . |
| 8 | In a famous essay , H. J. Laski recorded that between 1832 and 1906 , out of 139 judges appointed , 80 were Members of the House of Commons at the time of their nomination and 11 others had been candidates for Parliament ; that , of the 80 , 63 were appointed by their own party while in office ; and 33 of them had been either Attorney-General or Solicitor-General . |
| 9 | The film industry and the export of works of art , so far primarily the joint responsibility of the OAL and the Department of Trade and Industry , have long been candidates for transfer to an enlarged arts department . |
| 10 | Nolan regularly rides the horse , Chickweed , that Angela Brickell had care of , and there would have been opportunities for sex at race meetings , like in a horse-box , if he wanted to take the risk . |
| 11 | For whatever reason , Neil , who had almost looked forward to relieving his body 's urgent demands — he seemed to have been continent for years , and McAllister 's arrival in Vetch Street had most inconveniently revived his dormant senses — found that he was disgusted with himself most of all . |
| 12 | BA cadets do sixty hours of LOFT in the three-axis jet simulators after gaining their CPL/IRs , and Cyprus Airways , Gulf Air and the International Test Pilots School have also been clients for LOFT courses . |
| 13 | There have several times been movements for reform in the course of this century . |
| 14 | Cobalt shook his head , which might have meant he did n't know or might have been admonishment for Oliver who was still holding the bottle of wine . |
| 15 | It must have been reference for Jenny to be |
| 16 | Gore , who had made an impressive if unsuccessful bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988 , was the product of a patrician southern family , his father having been Senator for Tennessee . |
| 17 | There have been stations for service establishments , such as RAF Cranwell and Cosford Aerodrome . |
| 18 | There have been stations for factories . |
| 19 | There have been stations for hospitals ( Cheddleton Asylum , Whittingham Hospital ) and stations for schools ( Wellington College , Christ 's Hospital ) . |
| 20 | Such wide spaces may have been places for furniture — certainly , a number of different positions from which to view a pavement is desirable . |
| 21 | Petite Forlarty which is a castle in the middle , just on the outskirts of Florence er and e for some reason I mean the c the Italians have been colourists for yonks . |
| 22 | There might , indeed , have been scope for compromise on some of these issues . |
| 23 | , Peter ( 1806–1883 ) , industrial chemist and alum manufacturer , was born 19 February 1806 in Brechin , Forfarshire , Scotland , the son of a hand-loom weaver of Brechin , and his wife , whose family had been farmers for generations . |
| 24 | His ancestors had been MPs for Liverpool on and off since 1307 , and his father served in the Parliament of 1625 , besides being sheriff of Lancashire in 1620 . |
| 25 | ‘ There would have been stalls for coffee , gingerbread and souvenirs , ’ he said . |
| 26 | We 've been friends for years . |
| 27 | There was an immediate rapport , as if we 'd been friends for years , and that happens only rarely . |
| 28 | Our families have been friends for years . ’ |
| 29 | She kindly wrote me a letter after the first television programme about me , since her family and mine had been friends for years . |
| 30 | She 's a twenty-seven year-old female , just the same age as me , her name is Kelly Adam , she 's a television camerawoman , and we 've been friends for years . |