Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] been for [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They are that the public expect Britain to be defended and want Labour to be what it has been for most of its history — a party prepared to provide resources commensurate with defending this country . |
| 32 | Here , as he had been for much of the past week , Thomas was contentedly playing . |
| 33 | He had been for many years an Examiner with the Joint Matriculation Board , and latterly Chief Examiner for the Cambridge Board . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | Du n no , oh he 's , he 's what , he 's been for another job interview and the bloke |