Example sentences of "been [verb] for this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Viking is way behind schedule : it had been intended for this quarter , but StorageTek said that based on the present status of the product and schedule estimates it expects IBM-compatible products based on Viking architecture to be available in the second half of 1994 . |
| 2 | In his own way , Ted had been building for this moment too . |
| 3 | The previous half-year figures have been adjusted for this change in presentation . |
| 4 | The ideas that have been developed for this region can be applied to most turbulent flows adjacent to a wall : for example , to turbulent channel and pipe flow ( although not , for example , to a boundary layer close to separation ) . |
| 5 | Piggy is short-sighted ; and the spectacles he would have been prescribed for this condition could not possibly have been used as burning glasses . |
| 6 | Arrangements have been completed for this . |
| 7 | Once operational , the existing scouring machine presently located in the dye house will be moved along-side its new partner , where foundation work has already been completed for this major operation . |
| 8 | Good God , Teddy , the US arms industry has been praying for this war for years . |
| 9 | At the time of going to press , not one person has been nominated for this post . |
| 10 | You might remember I 've been pressing for this for about eighteen bloody months . |
| 11 | The room had not been booked for this . |
| 12 | Unfortunately the only categories included in the criteria for grants which might be exploited by the arts do not appear to have been designed for this purpose . |
| 13 | In addition , a number of works from the Statens Museum for Kunst , Copenhagen have been added for this showing . |
| 14 | If you 've followed the plot so far , you 'll see what I mean about the conglomeration of bits and pieces from different instruments that have been amassed for this guitar . |
| 15 | so I mean I 'd been dying for this pint all , all day sort of thing , I felt much better after that . |
| 16 | Douglas , disappointed , had of course been prepared for this also , and wasted little time in cursing . |
| 17 | In New York , visitors to the Studio Museum have been prepared for this recasting of Lam by a retrospective of his works on paper at the Americas Society , which travels to Barcelona 's Fundacio ‘ La Caixa ’ on 21 January . |
| 18 | Neither of us had been prepared for this sudden release of feeling ; Edward seemed embarrassed by the confession , I embarrassed by his embarrassment , and regretting my earlier ungenerous thoughts … |
| 19 | She had , in part , been prepared for this . |
| 20 | We 've been looking for this car as part of a murder investigation . |
| 21 | A solution has now been offered and , if we accept it , we were right : the ladies had truthfully reported what they had seen , but in fact it was a sort of fancy-dress fête champêtre organized by Robert de Montesquiou : as no official permission had been granted for this , the authorities denied all knowledge of it . |
| 22 | No contingency plans had been made for this eventuality . |
| 23 | This has proved so popular that arrangements have been made for this to be included in the admission price to the Centre . |
| 24 | An appointment has been made for this morning , but there is expected to be a delay before results are known . |
| 25 | I can say without embarrassment that I have been training for this for a long time , that I have learned to breathe the rarefied air , that I now know when to stand still and when to move forward , when to attack and when to retreat , when to leave a problem to resolve itself and when to go on working at it till the solution emerges . |
| 26 | ‘ You have been selected for this commission because of your exceptional technical skills , and your great artistic ability . |
| 27 | Not for the first time Rostov wondered why he had been selected for this particular mission . |
| 28 | Mr Jones , 55 , said : ‘ I am very surprised to have been selected for this award , but extremely pleased . ’ |
| 29 | As is traditional , the trophies which were won throughout the year had been saved for this occasion and presented to their recipients after dinner . |
| 30 | The SIB 's new Conduct of Business Core Rule 28 has been adopted for this purpose . |