Example sentences of "have been [noun] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He and I have been friends for many years , so it may have helped that I was there to give him some confidence in the project . |
| 2 | They have worked together and have been friends for some time . |
| 3 | He and Botham have been friends for 20 years , and Chris says : ‘ He is a walking miracle . |
| 4 | It has certainly caused some confusion amongst my friends — I have been Mrs for 44 years ! — |
| 5 | As already noted there have been calls for national statements to encourage central and local government to develop sensitive and appropriate family and child care policies , and good child care service and practice . |
| 6 | There have been concerns for some time that IBM Corp was fast running out of cash — the UK subsidiary was reportedly ordered to factor its receivables by its parent at the end of last year after it ran out of cash for its operations , hardly a cheap way of borrowing for a blue chip company , and the Reuter report that it and IBM Credit Corp are seeking $4,600m of revolving credit in the international syndicated loan market ( see page seven ) , seems to confirm it ; at least one source told the news wire that IBM is trying to keep the arrangement very quiet , presumably to avoid generating more alarm than there already is about progress of its business . |
| 7 | Those classed as ‘ other homes ’ included convalescent homes , a rehabilitation centre , an assessment centre , a holiday home for the disabled and rest homes which may in practice have been homes for older people ( the classification was made on the basis of the information given by the person interviewed ) . |