Example sentences of "have been ill [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 She had been ill for some time , and gradually realized that she needed more care than could be given by the community services .
2 She had been ill for some time and , driving back again to Cardiff to join my father , I reflected on the sadness that parents can never know what their children owe them .
3 I know your mother had been ill for some time , but I know that this will not have lessened the loss you and your family must now feel .
4 He had been ill for some time .
5 Roach , who was a producer , director and screenwriter , had been ill for some time and was under the care of doctors of the Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital , a hospital spokeswoman said .
6 He had been ill for some time , and passed away peacefully on 12 April .
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