Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [prep] weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even her departure had been delayed for weeks for want of the funds necessary to fit out her ship and escort . |
| 2 | The silver has n't been polished for weeks . ’ |
| 3 | Hayley Burton was thin and very pale , with small sores around her mouth and nose , greasy fair hair that had n't been washed in weeks , and dark-shadowed pale blue eyes . |
| 4 | His flat had been closed for weeks and the fridge was empty . |
| 5 | Elstree is not able to take all the aviation business that 's been displaced for weeks that I know of and , and for Hatfield I 've been notified by two people who are at present at Hatfield , one of whom is going to move to Stansted . |
| 6 | Other Western diplomats , local journalists and most political analysts claimed , however , that the coup had been rumoured for weeks and had a level of sophistication far greater than that expected from mostly illiterate soldiers in the ranks . |
| 7 | His hair , which had not been cut for weeks , fell in silky waves around his face . |
| 8 | The Lakeland fells had been baked for weeks under cloudless skies ; the becks were dry and the tarns warm enough to give refreshing dips . |
| 9 | Detainees have often been held for weeks or months without access to defence lawyers before being brought to trial on charges such as rebellion , illegal association and ‘ enemy propaganda ’ ( a charge brought against those accused of producing , distributing or possessing any information regarded as subversive by the authorities ) . |