Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [verb] been [verb] for " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps the most famous incumbent of Stanton Lacy is poor Robert Foulkes , who was one of the very few clergymen ever to have been executed for murder .
2 A man who suffered severe brain damage during an operation twenty six years ago has been talking for the first time about losing his fight for compensation .
3 A man charged with murdering his wife more than twenty years ago has been committed for trial .
4 Since workwear , for want of any better term , is n't really new in this country at all ( American denim brands like Lee and Levi 's are hardly passing fads ) and since the more recent brand arrivals here have been worn for years in the US and Australia , hype accusations are a little misguided .
5 The World Championships of 1952 and 1953 were run on Formula Two rules , but race results etc have been included for record purposes .
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