Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [been] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The mute swan population stands at the highest it has been for 40 years . |
| 32 | ‘ Do n't think this is merely habit , ’ he said , ‘ though habit it has been for twenty-five years . |
| 33 | The luncheon table was laid as it had been for 50 Christmases , with a pyramid of polished John Standish apples from Somerset in the middle , flanked by Christmas roses and trails of ivy . |
| 34 | He had been for many years an Examiner with the Joint Matriculation Board , and latterly Chief Examiner for the Cambridge Board . |
| 35 | Mr Strachan 's acquaintance with the Library did not begin with his appointment as Chairman , since he had been for many years , as a historian and biographer , a reader in the Library 's Reading Rooms . |
| 36 | His vocal chords abruptly haemorrhaged ; CBS TV dropped him , as did his agent MCA , and Columbia Records with whom he had been for ten years . |
| 37 | I mean the new areas of course for us er and I still count the medical practices as a new area although it 's been for four years |
| 38 | So he 's been for two years . |
| 39 | Du n no , oh he 's , he 's what , he 's been for another job interview and the bloke |
| 40 | The PLO felt able to play what had been for fifteen years its ‘ last card ’ — recognition of Israel — because it had gained a stronger one through the Uprising . |