Example sentences of "has been [verb] for [adj] weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fullback Marty Roebuck continues to be in the wars and suffered a broken jaw in a pre-season club trial , while Test hooker Phil Kearns has been sidelined for three weeks with knee trouble . |
| 2 | Interferon has been given for 24 weeks or longer in a few , mainly Mediterranean , studies ( response rates 26% to 70% ) . |
| 3 | Brian Clough has been trying for several weeks to recapture the man he sees as a key player in his fight to lift Forest off the bottom of the Premier League . |
| 4 | The tank is 60″ × 24″ × 18″ and has been running for twelve weeks . |
| 5 | STEVE WILLIAMS , the 34-year-old former England midfield player , has been suspended for two weeks without pay and stripped of his title as assistant manager following a bust-up with manager Alan Ball at Second Division Exeter City . |
| 6 | Barry Crawley , the Saracens No 8 , has been suspended for three weeks after being identified as the player who punched Gloucester scrum-half Marcus Hannaford , out for five weeks with an eye injury . |
| 7 | and there 's more news today on the incident in which scrum-half Hannaford fractured his eye socket … the Saracens number eight Barry Crawley who threw the punch in the league game last week has been suspended for three weeks … |
| 8 | Leith 's catering company has been hired to look after the Press at the stadium , which has been booked for three weeks . |
| 9 | I am having problems with my two foot Red-Tailed Catfish which has been fasting for two weeks . |
| 10 | Consultation date has been picked for three weeks on Tuesday . |
| 11 | Mr Bell said : ‘ My programme has been set for many weeks and every day is tied up . ’ |
| 12 | The pub has been closed for eight weeks but tenant Tracy Willcox said the renovation was a vast improvement . |