Example sentences of "been [adj] [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could have understood it in Cottee 's case if he had been sweating blood for Everton . |
| 2 | We have been very pleased that in the intervening months , when there has been ample opportunity for discussion and feedback , considerable support for this scheme has been forthcoming . |
| 3 | Although some of the Wealden towns may have been regional centres for craft specialisation , such as Battle with its leather working and shoemaking , most of them provided a wide range of services which allowed a high degree of virtual self-sufficiency to their surrounding areas . |
| 4 | There 's been universal praise for Gloucestershire 's Emily Bond who 's reached tomorrow 's finals after an aggressive 6-3 6-1 win over Spaniard Eva Borras . |
| 5 | Furthermore , an additional factor is likely to have been British support for Bridei , king of the Picts , as the son of Bili , former king of Strathclyde . |
| 6 | Horses have been favourite subjects for artists from time immemorial-how lovingly is the horse depicted in Rembrandt 's The Polish Rider-but the artist who paid equal attention to dancers and horses was Degas ; he understood the special elegance of the way in which they both moved . |
| 7 | In recent years , by far the most important item has been individual demands for back payment of overtime earnings following court decisions on the method of calculating the hourly overtime rate . |
| 8 | The crisis has been created by the Government and it provides the context in which there have been tremendous implications for training . |
| 9 | There have been urgent calls for action to end all production of ozone-depleters such as CFCs well ahead of the 2000 deadline set by the Montreal Protocol [ see EDs passim ] . |
| 10 | Though had Simon produced such a ringing anti-apartheid statement as this there would surely have been little grounds for complaint about his Graceland trip . |
| 11 | But , you 've been good value for money . |
| 12 | The warm spell has also been good news for workers at the factory after a difficult year when 67 people were made redundant when their parent company , Clarke Foods , collapsed last year . |
| 13 | An additional complication to Rugby 's future has been legal writs for damages by Mal Malik , a former Coventry and Rugby flank-forward . |
| 14 | GLASTONBURY is dominated by the dramatic and mysterious Glastonbury Tor , which towers above the flat landscape of the Somerset Levels , where peat digging and withy growing for basketmaking have been traditional occupations for generations . |
| 15 | One further point : the actuarial profession is firmly egalitarian and for many years there have been equal opportunities for women . |
| 16 | Literary giants have often been prime subjects for portraiture and George Bernard Shaw was no exception . |
| 17 | Literary giants have often been prime subjects for portraiture and George Bernard Shaw was no exception . |
| 18 | However the former economic attache for the US Embassy in Ireland , Kenneth McGuire , said that while market factors may have been important considerations for Raybestos , the relocation factor probably can not be entirely dismissed in the Raybestos case . |
| 19 | This time the four definitive gricers ' bibles of the time come in one small , hardbacked ( and thus very easily pocketed ) volume with many pictures and full shed lists ( complete with the names of Loco Superintendents and Chief Mechanical Engineers ? ) which would have been important information for spotters of the time . |
| 20 | Exmoor offers unrivalled opportunities to unwind — its dramatic scenery , quiet village centres and small towns have been welcoming visitors for centuries . |
| 21 | Radio personality Michael Parkinson said : ‘ It 's been general knowledge for ages . |
| 22 | It has been desperate year for Thomas . |
| 23 | ‘ In some instances it has been sheer luck for members of the public with either guns jamming or security force patrols intercepting the terrorists . ’ |
| 24 | It has been common practice for petroleum geologists to regard the pre-Permian rocks of England south of the so-called Variscan Front as economic basement . |
| 25 | Traditionally it has been common practice for schools to seek to maintain discipline and control misbehaviour via the exertion of authority and the employment of sanctions as punishments . |
| 26 | There has been big demand for tickets , despite price increases , and the club anticipate a sell-out in the North and South stands and terraces . |
| 27 | As an agency working in the field of community development , the past two years should have been optimistic ones for Falls Community Council , as new money pumped through BAT has been made available to us and the groups we work for and with . |
| 28 | ‘ We 've been close friends for donkey 's years and I know you better than to think you 'd try to queer my pitch . ’ |
| 29 | there have been other reasons for delays er up until about a year ago . |
| 30 | Besides , filling hot water bottles was not man 's work — fetching coal , sawing wood , even opening a bottle of wine would have been suitable occupations for Rupert to be discovered in , but not this . |