Example sentences of "[verb] been for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I think you do follow us , ’ Cranston replied , ‘ and have been for some time . |
| 32 | Well , we have been for some time . |
| 33 | To live in a beautiful country , and to enure myself as much as possible to the labour of the field , have been for this year past my dream of the day , my sigh at midnight . |
| 34 | To live in a beautiful country & to inure myself as much as possible to the labors of the field , have been for this year past my dream of the day , my Sigh at midnight — but to enjoy these blessings near you , to see you daily , to tell you all my thoughts in their first birth , and to hear your 's , to be mingling identities with you , as it were ; — the vision-weaving Fancy has indeed often pictured such things , but Hope never dared whisper a promise ! ’ |
| 35 | Well I said to er one lady who 's been for first time and she thinks it 's marvellous ! |
| 36 | Du n no , oh he 's , he 's what , he 's been for another job interview and the bloke |