Example sentences of "been [verb] [adv] for several [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Mrs Probyn 's husband has told police that the pair , who 've been living apart for several months , had a row .
2 He had been trembling violently for several hours but now no sound came from the place where he lay .
3 I 've been going downhill for several days now .
4 His tenure of the post was short : his health had been declining progressively for several months as a result of overwork , and he died 5 February 1882 at his home at 7 Cornwall Street , Edinburgh .
5 One afternoon , after they had been travelling together for several days , Cleo ordered Dauntless to pull Contralto to a halt .
6 Not until she had been sitting there for several minutes did Isabel realise that no sound at all had come from her torn and bleeding lips .
7 We had been hillwalking together for several years , and by this time were well aware of the strengths and weaknesses of each other 's paces .
8 And yes , he 'd been working there for several days .
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