Example sentences of "[noun prp] have been [adv] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Travis had been marvellously patient for months and months now — could n't she find a way to put him out of the private hell he was in ? |
| 2 | Surere had been unusually inflexible for an intelligent man . |
| 3 | Since then , the Assistant Director in Scotland has been administratively responsible for staff in Northern Ireland . |
| 4 | Mansur Rajih had been politically active for most of his adult life . |
| 5 | Brian Jackson has been particularly responsible for highlighting the problem of the child minder , especially the ‘ illegal ’ ( unregistered ) child minder . |
| 6 | Our Jay has been remarkably un-rampant for years ! ’ |
| 7 | Internal migration within Britain has been largely responsible for these trends , with the level of net immigration to the South rising from 24 000 a year in 1971/73 to 45–50 000 a year by the end of the 1970s and rising steadily since 1981 to reach 69 000 in 1985/6 ( figure 8.2 ) . |
| 8 | Although Laclotte has been largely responsible for the choice of works , he emphasises that this is a collaborative exhibition , with different parts of the catalogue by different specialists , not always in perfect agreement with one another : ‘ There is no absolute truth in matters of attribution , just opinion ’ , he says . |
| 9 | Constance had been sound asleep for an hour before the double-engined train began to jerk laboriously out of the station , leaving many travellers on the platform to wait who knew how long for the next express . |
| 10 | ‘ Euro Disney has been very successful for us and now we are getting some interest from other potential clients on the Continent , ’ says Peter Fane , one of the four brothers who own Waterers . |
| 11 | The rate of unemployment in Glasgow has been very high for a long time , and I accept that that is unfortunate . |
| 12 | No , I do n't get bored at all with it , er because snooker is not er like American pool , where you go out there with a stick and just knock balls all over the table ; snooker is snooker , and the name of snooker is to play this , you know , this game of chess on the green baize , and er that 's what , you see this is where Davis has been so good for so long , a ) he 's a supreme professional , he once apologised for only practising for two hours on Christmas Day rather than four , er and if you look at Davis ' score sheets and his matches , which I 've done over the years , you 'll see a lot of breaks of around sort of fifty five , sixty , sixty five , and then he stops , he plays the safety shot and says to his opponent ‘ okay , your turn ’ , plays the percentage game , the occasional knock in the very big ones , but that 's why he 's won so much , because he thinks it out so well , and knows the averages , knows the percentages and plays the game that way . |
| 13 | Although Park had been largely responsible for South Korea 's successful drive to establish diplomatic links with the countries of eastern Europe , Kim had in March visited Moscow and appeared intent on becoming increasingly involved in the process . |