Example sentences of "people have been [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Six people have been prosecuted for persistently ignoring ‘ residents only ’ parking schemes in Middlesbrough and ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £710 . |
| 2 | Old people have been indoctrinated for so long in the necessary frailty and peripheralism of their lot that this is not surprising . |
| 3 | ‘ Change comes slow when people have been repressed for so long . |
| 4 | About 40 people have been treated for eye and skin irritation , breathing problems and nausea after being exposed to the spill . |
| 5 | Three more people have been prepared for the surgery , which involves implanting electrodes into the inner ear . |
| 6 | A further 40 percent of young people have been registered for jobs and training at careers offices for between two and six months . |
| 7 | ‘ People have been killed for less , even taking it at its face value , though its actual value is very much greater . |
| 8 | ‘ Other people have been disciplined for similar actions . |
| 9 | People have been murdered for this job and no one gives a shit . |
| 10 | Convenient scapegoats perhaps , but the K G B was open about today 's activities too ; Major General Alexander Karbalnov of the K G B revealed for the first time that seven hundred thousand people have been executed for political crimes since the revolution and that three-and-a-half million have been repressed . |