Example sentences of "[vb infin] been [vb pp] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His toe-nails looked as if a knife would blunt on them and could not have been cut for months , possibly years . |
| 2 | It is important to note , however , that the categories used in the Rolfe and Will lists may have been assigned for reasons of literary expediency , rather than as the result of rigorous classification . |
| 3 | It was a monumental folly , which could have been made for horror films . |
| 4 | North , carefully distracting Livingstone from the thought that hostages might have been ransomed for arms , gave him the Whole Picture . |
| 5 | Whatever the merits of these reasons , and not all of them carry complete conviction , it must surely be true that no government , given that the enormous and growing cost of higher education was coming very largely out of public funds , would have been prepared for provision to have been largely concentrated in the ‘ autonomous ’ university sector ? |
| 6 | It has no cellars in which material could have been stored for safety , and it is not known how much had been removed elsewhere . |
| 7 | He should have been done for murder . |
| 8 | Furthermore , gradation could equally lead to heavier sentences than might otherwise have been given for conduct which comes within the higher categories , although this could be regulated by appeal courts and sentencing guidelines . |
| 9 | This may in part be explained by one half of the reciprocity taking the form of labour services and trade in consumables ; a large proportion of the goods which may be considered of high value by reason of the distance over which the raw materials had been transported , and their resulting rarity , may have been given for services , gifts or payments for work , what may be termed institutional exchange . |
| 10 | Such a performance can only have been intended for entertainment in a programme of venationes and gladiatorial combats . |
| 11 | The recently written Piano Concerto in C , K.503 , may also have been intended for performance there , but none is recorded . |
| 12 | Much of this would have been intended for re-export , rather than directly for consumption , but as half of England 's total exports by this time were re-exports rather than domestic products the commercial community suffered enough of a loss to show why the English had to be far more concerned about command of the sea than any other country except the Netherlands , and also how fragile that command was before 1700 . |
| 13 | As Graham Crowe said ‘ If all the 710 technicians sold as well as Brian Miller , then £34.5 million extra business would have been generated for Pest Control ’ . |
| 14 | No data are available to show how long fluid persists in severe cases that would normally have been listed for surgery . |
| 15 | Something similar could have been said for Davout . |
| 16 | She may have been scarred for life , ’ she said . |
| 17 | She may have been scarred for life , ’ she said . |
| 18 | AS the Prince and Princess of Wales sat only a few feet apart in Seoul 's Presidential palace yesterday they could have been mistaken for strangers uncomfortably thrown together . |
| 19 | His tone had changed and now held an inflexion that could almost have been mistaken for tenderness . |
| 20 | Paradoxically , more could have been achieved for crofting in Lewis , on a permanent basis , by a regional policy for fisheries than by all the money being spent on agriculture through the IDP . |
| 21 | And topped up again to pay for the repair of the flat roof over the kitchen , and the man who had done the work should have been prosecuted for fraud . |
| 22 | It was held that there was a clear infringement of the Compaq trade mark , although it was accepted that it was arguable whether it should have been accepted for registration because of its phonetic similarity with " Compact " , an everyday word . |
| 23 | There is simply no way he would have been accepted for training in our Church — and that is perhaps a tragedy . |
| 24 | Pigs may have spent some time with the swineherd in the distant woodland , but part of the wood would have been cropped for fuel , poles , wood for repairs to buildings , fences , implements and so on , while a few trees may have been cut down for constructional work on the bridge over the Yeo or to build a new house . |
| 25 | It is neither composed of VC holders or aspirants nor of those who in earlier days would have been shot for cowardice . |
| 26 | It is possible that the ‘ villa ’ may have been planned for viticulture , with the use of steep valley sides for vine terraces ; however , no traces have been found . |
| 27 | By rights , as Dorothy Hardisty pointed out , these young people should have been destined for college or university . |
| 28 | If Lancaster , with its castle and harbour , could have been garrisoned for James it could have provided a connecting link with France , but Forster could not spare the men and had to press on south , through wretched weather and along increasingly miry roads . |
| 29 | He could have been paralysed for life … by a toy which been hired to give him a good time . |
| 30 | Stockton South MP Tim Devlin says a new winter storage site may have been found for families being forced to pull off a site at Stockton by April 1 . |