Example sentences of "[vb -s] be for [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ The Khanate is settled , and has been for some time , ’ his father said dismissively . |
| 32 | For one thing , Kelly 's very happily involved in a relationship and has been for some time , so I 'm quite convinced her eyes wo n't stray towards any ski-bums , no matter how handsome . ’ |
| 33 | She then moved to Bristol City Council where she has been for some months . |
| 34 | Nine tenths of the Leicester ring road is finished and has been for some years . |
| 35 | Erm the certification of the flight control system is the critical path item and has been for some considerable time . |
| 36 | It has to be said that there has been for some years within the Labour Party something of a class divide — a working-class element resentful of a middle-class takeover by lawyers and the like . |
| 37 | Bob Gunnell , of course , is an was and has been for some time a very supportive member of South East Arts and active in many of its committees . |
| 38 | His over-riding concern has been for those who are lost ; he has been an evangelist , a travelling missionary , taking the gospel to places where no Christian had ever gone before . |
| 39 | Du n no , oh he 's , he 's what , he 's been for another job interview and the bloke |
| 40 | But see what my reward 's been for those years spent glorifying God at my craft . ’ |