Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [been] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we have recently lost sleep ( after a week of trying to sleep in the daytime , for example ) or have been awake for an unusually long time , then the amount of deep sleep is increased but it is still concentrated in the earlier part of sleep . |
| 2 | If you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long time you have two additional problems to overcome . |
| 3 | To summarize : if you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long period : |
| 4 | Now unless you 're a skinhead of the old school , or have been time-warped for twenty years , parkas are not exactly in when it comes to neat threads . |
| 5 | The trend towards equality of attainment is especially marked in schools that have been comprehensive for a long time . |
| 6 | My company has a large number of creditors in its balance sheet that have been outstanding for between two and four years . |
| 7 | Because I also do a fair bit of crochet and these cones ( white ) are excellent for the crochet collars that have been fashionable for a couple of years . |
| 8 | I WAS so pleased to read that people are reverting to real Christmas trees instead of the ghastly , glittering artificial things that have been popular for so long . |
| 9 | Suppressed maternalism it may be , but her passion shines through and she can recall in detail some animals , particularly dogs , that have been dead for half a century and some that did n't even belong to her . |
| 10 | Outmigration to cities in search of menial jobs or part-time work in nearby plantations provide remittances and reduce food demand , but these activities also reduce labour availability and have been responsible for the collapse of old-established terracing systems in the Middle and near East , particularly Yemen and also in the Andean part of Peru and Colombia . |
| 11 | This could be the year they do , though they say that around the Cam every year and have been wrong for 15 of the last 16 . |