Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [verb] been [adj] for " in BNC.

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1 When he returned to the Gold Coast he had been absent for 12 years : he had departed far too young to have made any mark .
2 In this role he has been responsible for LASMO 'S operated and non-operated North Sea projects .
3 As Treasurer he had been responsible for the most sweeping economic reforms ever undertaken in Australia , including floating the dollar and deregulating the financial system .
4 If he was indeed the highwayman who had terrorised the area for the past year he had been responsible for the murders of a number of men and women already .
5 At his death he had been married for at least nine years to a wife called Margaret .
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