Example sentences of "she [verb] [been] [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd been divorced for 12 years . |
| 2 | She had been asked for twelve and it was now half past eleven , which would give her time for a pleasant comfortable drive to Carpendens Court . |
| 3 | The woman did not return to complete the divorce , although she had been separated for three years . |
| 4 | Checking through her notes , the doctor saw that she had been treated for vaginal thrush on several occasions . |
| 5 | She had been paralysed for thirty years . |
| 6 | Betty Bell was the chief informant about Harold Shoosmith for she had been engaged for three mornings and three evenings a week . |
| 7 | She had been jailed for seven days . |
| 8 | She had been widowed for five months , very nearly . |