Example sentences of "[vb base] be [adj] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've been available for two weeks at 350 Oxfam shops . |
| 2 | They 've been married for 11 years and they 've always been so happy . |
| 3 | I 've been married for 16 years to a man I really love . |
| 4 | I 'm 21 , I 've been married for four years and I have two children aged three and one . |
| 5 | ‘ We 've been married for sixty years . |
| 6 | ‘ We 've been married for sixty years . ’ |
| 7 | I 've been married for sixteen years . |
| 8 | We 've been married for seven years and , though I 'm only 31 , I 'm beginning to worry — has he changed his mind ? |
| 9 | ‘ We always wanted to sponsor a guide dog and by the time you 've been married for 50 years you 've got everything you need and there 's no point in getting presents you do n't really need , ’ said Mr Lea . |
| 10 | I 'm 46 , Ruth is 45 , we 've been married for 24 years . |
| 11 | I 've been bad for two weeks |
| 12 | As one who was teethed on the works of George Gaylord Simpson , I 've been bemused for several years by the supposed ‘ revisionist ’ implications of punctuation . |
| 13 | Hang on , wait a minute , er August , September , January , February , March I 've been single for nine months . |
| 14 | That 's why I 've been quiet for two hours |
| 15 | Data base systems have been available for many years and were developed to make efficient use of secondary storage devices in large computer installations . |
| 16 | Although safe and effective vaccines have been available for 10 years , only around 40 per cent of healthcare workers in Europe are vaccinated . |
| 17 | Anglo-Saxon archaeology has n't come to a crisis point as did prehistoric studies in the early 1960s ; rather it is gradually slipping into new directions with the establishment of a generation of archaeologists more aware that alternative approaches exist to be tried and which have been available for 20 years . |
| 18 | William and Kate have been married for nine years and known each other for sixteen . |
| 19 | They have been married for five years , confounding sceptics who said it would n't last because of the age difference . |
| 20 | They have been married for six years and despite years of tests and trying , have no children . |
| 21 | I HAVE been married for 26 years to a wife I have loved since I was 20 . |
| 22 | They have been married for two years . ’ |
| 23 | We have been married for eighteen years . |
| 24 | I am 30 , have been married for 10 years and have two children . |
| 25 | Jim and his wife Jan have been married for 18 years and the baby came as something of a surprise . |
| 26 | Now Daph and I have been married for 30 years . |
| 27 | As for myself — Bob and I have been married for forty-six years , and spent most of our married life on and around Manchester , where he was ( eventually ) Market Research Manager in an engineering firm , and I practised social work when not fully engaged with the 2 children . |
| 28 | Now I have been married for ten years . |
| 29 | Counillor and Mrs Woodhead have been married for 39 years . |
| 30 | They have been vacant for three months . |