Sentence examples for had been picked for from inspiring English sources

Most of the many women he had known had been picked for their lack of self-esteem.

It had been picked for its "superb ear for dialogue and fantastically assured control of a panoramic plot".

In addition, The Boston Globe recently reported that Michael L. Dertouzos '64, director of the Laboratory for Computer Science, had been picked for the presidency.

Many art-world insiders didn't have a clue in advance who had been picked for the show.

Theater owners signaled that they planned to respond, perhaps refusing to show films that had been picked for early on-demand.

A year later, I was chosen to be the band's student director the very first time a junior had been picked for that important position".

(He said he looked there because he thought the leaves resembled the skins of wine grapes, which he had been picking for weeks).

The employees seem to have been picked for their helpfulness.

"To be honest I was devastated not to have been picked for the 4x4.

Property prices are soaring everywhere and their tract has been picked for expropriation.

Like the WHO, these two have been picked for their practical appeal.