Example sentences of "had been [verb] for " in BNC.

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1 It might have been a delayed reaction to the drugs I had been taking for an operation I 'd recently had on my foot , but this seemed unlikely .
2 However , Ryzhkov on July 12 told the congress that production had been halted for 24 hours at 230 of the country 's 655 coalmines , with shorter stoppages occurring at many others .
3 I am convinced that stuff had been accumulating for many years in this cellar and that Ernest Griffiths had no idea what was in there .
4 Her claim failed because no date had been fixed for the ending of her employment .
5 But it had been fixed for days in its usual place and she was sure they would make for that .
6 Air deal fell through and no date had been fixed for them to be restarted .
7 We do not know precisely on what grounds , but it had already broken down by August 1093 , the date which had been fixed for the final settlement of differences between the kings of England and Scotland .
8 Then Andy took his wedge , which he had been swinging for the last ten minutes , and hit the perfect , or apparently perfect shot , straight at the flag .
9 And she cried out as a cascade of fireworks seemed to explode deep within her , before their bodies , now moving in perfect unison , recaptured the fierce , tumultuous pleasure they had always shared in the past — the total consummation which she had been denied for so long .
10 We stood in the doorway for a while until our eyes adjusted to the darkness and then , stooping low to avoid the worst of the smoke , we made our way through the crowd to a space that had been cleared for us close to the fire .
11 What else could she do , Merrill asked herself , but stand up , pleasantly acquiescent because of Richard 's presence , and let Luke take her arm and lead her into a room which had been cleared for dancing ?
12 Even when the happy couple had left for their honeymoon , and the floor of the marquee had been cleared for the dance due to follow the reception , she still felt as though she was wound up as tightly as a spring .
13 She had been paralysed for thirty years .
14 At the Police Federation meeting held at the Marton Hotel , Middlesbrough , it was revealed this year 34 juveniles had been bailed for 108 offences in Hartlepool .
15 A barricade of flagstones prised up from the floor had been erected for a final stand and the Collector , snatching a moment to look back towards it , was dismayed to see that the other party was already behind it , thus leaving himself and his men exposed on the flank .
16 The US and North Korean governments had been communicating for several years at a low level through the US embassy in Beijing .
17 ( A Challen piano had been presented for use in the church in 1976 . )
18 It was enough for the Church that a corpse had been presented for burial .
19 The bowls were then sold to onlookers and by the end of the day over £1,000 had been raised for the storm appeal .
20 Furthermore , the Russian right wing had recently been reinforced by a new army , the Ninth , which had been raised for a drive on Berlin but was instead deployed against Austria .
21 The sum of £60 had been raised for the Telethon Appeal and further weekend competitions are on the programme .
22 And another £500 had been raised for the appeal .
23 On Assembly Sunday , the one just after Christian Aid Week , the visiting preacher , Rev. Stewart Matthew , told us that the day before , under the dripping trees of Holyrood , he had met a young man who had told him with pride and joy that over £13,000 had been raised for Christian Aid at his church .
24 At the time of the survey there was no drama specialist on the staff , although a drama/English teacher had been appointed for the next year .
25 A new head of History had been appointed for next term to release the pastoral coordinator from a ‘ caretaker ’ role as head of History , a scale 3 second in department for English had been appointed by promoting an existing member of the department and an early retirement application had been granted .
26 He scored another victory recently when the Labour Party abolished the unions ' block vote in the leadership elections , something he had been advocating for ages .
27 The report lists ‘ many faults ’ inherent in the way the railway had been run for several years .
28 In the early hours of Sunday 13 February 1692 , Captain Campbell , from a clan hostile to the Macdonalds , along with 120 of his soldiers , whom the Macdonalds had been entertaining for the previous fortnight , suddenly fell upon their hosts and butchered them , shooting Macdonald himself in the back and killing nearly 70 men , women and children .
29 She and Caan had been separated for three years .
30 They posed for photographers at the star-studded show , giving the lie to rumours they had been separated for several weeks .
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