Example sentences of "been [adj] [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since nineteen eighty seven it has been possible to arrange for employees to have charitable donations deducted from their pay through the payroll giving scheme . |
| 2 | The local gentry and others were presented for taking the deer , which they had probably been accustomed to do for generations with little interference . |
| 3 | She went , moving like a sleepwalker past Ned O'Mara , who might even be in love with her , past the ginger-haired barmaid who would have been happy to settle for Ned and therefore hated her , past the mousy-haired barmaid who had a good man of her own and could therefore afford to pity her . |
| 4 | There , she had been happy in Pakistan ; she had been happy in the Peckham house at least for the first year ; she had been happy working for Graham ; she 'd been enthusiastically interested at college and during the first two years after she had qualified ; she had been completely delighted when she had got the job she now had : a tenants ' association garden in a dreadful estate in Hackney , but where she , with a community group , had planned the garden from scratch and had made a small desert blossom like a rose . |
| 5 | Prior to July 1 Soviet Jews had been able to leave for Israel with only a visa . |
| 6 | We want to wear some of those clothes in the wardrobe that we have n't been able to wear for ages . |
| 7 | In the last century , Stivvies had been able to compete for contracts with the numerous small British railways , but now they were beginning to amalgamate . |
| 8 | It had been Footballer of the Year Waddle who had resurrected the Owls ' hopes with a 68th minute equaliser after Ian Wright 's 30th goal of the season 12 minutes before half-time had been just reward for Arsenal 's early domination . |
| 9 | Investing for the future although , although we 've been keen to drive for cash er , we really wanted to , to use the benefit of having a strong balance sheet and so where investment has seemed sensible and sound , we 've made those investments , of course we 've put er , cash in the B Sky B er and we 've also invested further in the er Spanish group , the Recollectors Group taking our stake in expansion , adding some cash and getting a stake in the bigger bigger grouping . |