Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] been for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He had no idea what an effort it had been for Topaz to keep up the easy flow of chatter . |
| 32 | In his pronouncements , science was no longer subordinate to theology in the way it had been for Roger Bacon , Thomas Aquinas , or Nicole Oresme . |
| 33 | Police reports suggested that the countryside was more quiescent than it had been for generations . |
| 34 | They used computers instead of quill pens , but the outcome of their labours was still the same as it had been for centuries — trade , the buying and selling of things that other people made . |
| 35 | At least until 1917 , and to some extent even until 1945 , Europe was the decisive arena of world power , as it had been for centuries . |
| 36 | In 1817 England was still , as it had been for centuries , an agricultural nation , only 20 per cent of the population living in towns . |
| 37 | In the eighteenth century the possession of land was still , as it had been for centuries , the only firm basis of influence and power . |
| 38 | Indeed , it was better than it had been for months . |
| 39 | Still , she kept the place tidier than it had been for months and she did n't mistreat Springsteen , or if she did he did n't complain about it . |
| 40 | But the issue was still a tactical one , as it had been for Marx ; national liberation was a means to support or obstruct the unity of the working class and the achievement of socialist revolution in Russia , not a matter of general principle . |
| 41 | Her father 's order book was better filled than it had been for years , her mother 's health seemed good , Eileen was happy in her work as a pools clerk , and Tony and Helen were happily planning their wedding . |
| 42 | This year , the abundance of berries was the best it had been for years . |
| 43 | Hours passed and the wind worsened to the strongest it had been for days . |
| 44 | Accordingly , he attempted to shift Marxism away from orthodox theories of an absolute determinism towards the primacy of a concept of ‘ History ’ which , while still a totality as it had been for Lukács , a process with a determinate meaning and end , could also include a concept of human agency and thus articulate the individual with the social , freedom with determinism . |
| 45 | In cases where marriage has been discussed , pregnancy is not unwelcome , and may even have been anticipated , as it had been for Claire , who married her husband when she was five months pregnant . |
| 46 | Paul climbed the stairs in trepidation ; had he made some mistake in the corrections , blind with pain as he had been for part of the day ? |
| 47 | To be sure , one could sympathize with the sentiments of some of those penitents who refused themselves pleasures because the Emperor , saviour of mankind , could experience no pleasure whatever , locked as he had been for millennia in his prosthetic throne … |
| 48 | This shows that Anselm was quite as ready to face exile for the primacy as he had been for obedience to the pope . |
| 49 | The effort of giving Sam as much exercise as he wanted made Albert more fit than he had been for years . |
| 50 | It 's just the way it 's been for years . |
| 51 | Yeah it 's been for sale for a long time . |
| 52 | It 's been for sale for ages has n't it ? |