Example sentences of "[vb -s] [be] [prep] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dataquest Corp , which has been without a president for some months , has recruited Judith Hamilton for the job : she was formerly a senior vice president and general manager at Locus Computing Corp . |
| 2 | John has been without a father for one year ( line 3 ) . |
| 3 | Shipbuilding work at the Scotstoun yard has been at a standstill for a fortnight since pay negotiations broke down . |
| 4 | Our marriage has been at an end for some time as far as I am concerned . |
| 5 | Joan 's husband suffers from motor neurone disease , is very weak and has been in a wheelchair for the last nine years , almost totally dependent on her for physical care . |
| 6 | Suzanne Calvert has been in a coma for five months since being given the drug at a party by Army deserter Sean O'Brian . |
| 7 | A court ruled two weeks ago that Tony , 21 , who has been in a coma for 3½ years , could have his feeding tube removed . |
| 8 | Mr Munby was summing up on day two of a historic test case that will decide the fate of Tony , who has been in a coma for three and a half years . |
| 9 | Tony has been in a coma for almost four years . |
| 10 | Yorkshire Health Authority is seeking legal clarification on the treatment of a victim of the Hillsborough disaster who has been in a coma for three years , he will never recover and his parents want him to be allowed to die . |
| 11 | Yorkshire Health Authority is seeking legal clarification on the treatment of a victim of the Hillsborough disaster who has been in a coma for three years , he will never recover and his parents want him to be allowed to die . |
| 12 | He 's been in a camp for three months . |
| 13 | Oh she 's been in a wheelchair for years . |