Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] been ill for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Punch Magazine : April 8 , aged 150 : The satirical publication had been ill for many years with circulation falling to 33,000 . |
| 2 | The twice-married 70-year-old star had been ill for three years . |
| 3 | Then , late one afternoon when Chola had been ill for three consecutive days , Kalchu asked the dhāmi once again to call the god to the shrine on the roof of his own house . |
| 4 | Dad had been ill for fourteen years , on and off . |
| 5 | I know your mother had been ill for some time , but I know that this will not have lessened the loss you and your family must now feel . |