Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] they [verb] been for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And trade unions , though obviously weakened by Thatcherism , are indubitably more popular institutions than they have been for decades . |
| 2 | Persian rugs still possess an undoubted mystique , and are generally more expensive than those from other countries , but price differentials have been steadily eroding , and they are now generally cheaper in comparison to rugs from other countries than they have been for decades . |
| 3 | Ipswich were as lethargic at the start of the second half as they had been for the majority of the first and on the hour , in an attempt to liven them up , Lyall brought off Milton and Goddard to introduce Palmer and Johnson . |
| 4 | He and his wife , Nellie , live in a Home in an outer city suburb where they 've been for fifteen months . |
| 5 | Father and son exchanged looks , in better temper with each other than they 'd been for years . |
| 6 | ‘ House repossessions are at no higher rate than they have been for many years , ’ he says . |
| 7 | " Scores of men are in a worse plight than they have been for thirty-seven years past " , admitted Harry Orbell , " The pawnshops are glutted . |
| 8 | One afternoon after they had been for a swim together , Sycorax said , as Ariel took her on her back again , grunting for the old woman had grown so much heavier , it seemed , since her immersion , ‘ You are having the red man 's child . ’ |