Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd been [adv] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nationality rule was a beautiful get-out for them , but I only had a few months to go before I 'd been here for ten years and would have been entitled to fight for the title . |
| 2 | ‘ But I 'd been home for two hours when Silvia got back . |
| 3 | I told him about my uncle after we 'd been together for six months and , though he was outraged , I persuaded him not to confront Joe or tell anyone . |
| 4 | They 'd been together for eighteen months or more , and she had no one else . |
| 5 | and he 'd been away for three months so that you know I mean |