Example sentences of "[noun] had been married for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Donald and Sheila Baughan had been married for 20 years . |
| 2 | Mrs Ireland had been married for thirty-nine years . |
| 3 | ‘ Elsie and Simon had been married for six years or so when she disappeared . |
| 4 | Elizabeth and Harry had been married for ten years , both for a second time . |
| 5 | Mother and Father had been married for six years and I was to be their only child . |
| 6 | Colette and Bernard had been married for fifteen years . |
| 7 | When Alan and Carolyn had been married for four years , Alan 's grandmother ( Lucy 's mother ) died , leaving him and Pamela £20,000 each . |
| 8 | They also found that the ex-married women had been married for about eight years , on average , before becoming lone mothers . |
| 9 | Peter Armstrong , prosecuting , said the couple had been married for a year but had lived together for four years before marrying . |