Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [verb] [been] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it had been common for surgeons to expect suppuration of the wound as an inevitable concomitant of amputation , Alanson demonstrated that by these methods it was possible for these wounds to heal ‘ by the first intention ’ , that is , without significant infection . |
| 2 | Although it has been operational for a while , it was only recently that Ski survey visited this slope , to attend a Peter Lightfoot ski course . |
| 3 | He never kept a catalogue of his stock , so it had been easy for Cleo to pour out a generous measure from each flagon on the upper shelf in Wakelate 's workroom . |
| 4 | ‘ It feels like I 've been asleep for a long , long time . |
| 5 | She felt heavy-lidded and drowsy , as if she had been asleep for a week . |
| 6 | Examining her responses to this normal catalogue of everyday events , of life , she found that she wished she was dead , had been dead for some time , so that she was used to it : and then she thought that if she had been dead for long enough , she would probably be bored with that by now . |
| 7 | If you are concerned that you might have been exposed to sources of infection , especially if you have been unwell for some time , you can discuss your concerns with your family doctor or antenatal clinic . |
| 8 | If you have been sedentary for some time and are not used to physical exertion , then you should begin slowly , walking for no more than 20 minutes every other day , at a pace which stretches you but does not overtire you . |
| 9 | If you have been unemployed for a while seek retraining as a first step to a new , positive attitude . |
| 10 | He spoke as if they had been married for years , and could joke about sharing a bed . |
| 11 | If it had been impossible for one reason or another to use a boat on the water I would have done the best I could with a plummet and noted what I could see from the banks . |
| 12 | If it had been possible for a bird to stop still with surprise in the air , and stay exactly where it was , that rook would have done it then . |
| 13 | If it had been possible for the old Castle to grow darker , Grainne thought it would have done so in the hour that followed . |
| 14 | But if it had been necessary for me to do so , I would have concluded that the whole loss should be borne by Union Discount . |
| 15 | The costs and risks involved indicated that it would have been very difficult to convince investors to invest in the generating company National Power if it had been responsible for the nuclear power stations , even though it had been given control of the majority of the generating capacity in order to compensate for this . |
| 16 | Young lads gather round the car which looks as if it had been dead for days or weeks . |
| 17 | He felt light-headed , as if he had been awake for days on end . |
| 18 | But I was braced to cope with him because I had been ambitious for Jean-Claude , vauntingly so . |
| 19 | However , sometimes a dessert is called for — as at a dinner party — or just wanted — because you 've been good for so long ! |
| 20 | Each in his time has painted over the inheritance of his predecessor , but the Oak Leaf camps have remained because they have been necessary for each new Czar 's survival . |
| 21 | Even her father 's death a month ago had n't really affected her , because he had been ill for such a long time that nobody could be sorry that the end had come . |
| 22 | ‘ Because he 's been dead for over two hundred years . ’ |
| 23 | One reason for this was , of course , that since he had been dead for three months his eyes were in any case not in the best of condition . |
| 24 | Since it has been weak for the past two months , calling for cheaper money is as irrelevant as wanting trees to blossom in an Arctic winter . |
| 25 | British Airways staff are fantastic , whatever class you travel , and plied Kenneth with enough booze to soften the effect of two Sun journalists who approached us for a story and picture after we 'd been airborne for about eight hours . |
| 26 | During the follow up period there were only five ears in which fluid recurred and persisted for at least one year after they had been clear for at least one year . |
| 27 | He wondered whether he 'd been asleep for a while , or just deep in thought . |
| 28 | As I 've been stuck for years now |
| 29 | ‘ Because , ’ he said , mopping his plate industriously with a piece of bread , ‘ when you 've been asleep for — no , I do n't want to know — you 're bound to feel a bit peckish when you wake up . ’ |
| 30 | Had he not been she might have telephoned him instead of Nick , when she had been desperate for company . |