Example sentences of "been [verb] for [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Darkfall storm had been building for quite some time , generating itself , growing stronger . |
| 2 | It had been prepared for quite some time and the brunt of it was against the Serbs , ’ said Col Jovanovic . |
| 3 | Nora had been prepared for almost any response from John , except the one she got — or thought she had got . |
| 4 | ‘ Look for balding , bearded men , ’ I nearly said — but he may not have been looking for precisely that variety of technical person . |
| 5 | As competitors and spectators sat in the sunshine on the Royal Canoe Club 's lawn at the finish , slowly unwinding and chatting to friends , some of whom had not been seen for quite some time , the atmosphere was a mixture of international competition and relaxed gentility . |
| 6 | Yeah , basically it 's always been but it has n't been enforced for quite some time , that the clean up rate is four pounds and hour which equates to six pound an hour on a Saturday . |
| 7 | It may be that it 's time to look again , even though this new rule has been enforced for only these elections , at this particular method of positive discrimination . |
| 8 | CRUNCH talks over plans for a Sainsbury supermarket in Darlington have been re-scheduled for later this month . |
| 9 | Oh it had been going for quite some time , I do n't know really when they would start . |
| 10 | Because that 's the old term that 's been used for however many years , and it 's still used by industry . |
| 11 | Numbers 420 and 427 have not been used for quite some time and will be sold by the MOD as surplus to requirements , perhaps to be purchased by some preserved railway ? |
| 12 | But old habits die hard , especially those fashioned in the Pontypool front row , and the easy life has been postponed for yet another season . |
| 13 | It was also stated that a ‘ scam ’ had been running for quite some time prior to the defendants ' involvement . |
| 14 | The Rovertrail has been invented for just that situation ( and many others , of course . ) |
| 15 | The manuscript on which Ernest Cotchin had been working for so many years was unfinished and unrevised when he died in September 1988 . |