Example sentences of "been for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hardwick 's involvement might have ended there , if it had not been for one of the tradesmen , who addressed a petition to the Company nine months later : his original estimate of £2,514 18 1¼d had left him bearing a loss of £266 6 3¾d . |
| 2 | Had it not been for one other factor , it seems likely that the combined pressures upon English both from inside and outside the discipline might well have caused it to accommodate itself more directly to the service of " vocationalism " , and " social responsibility " , and thus the needs of interdisciplinary and applied work . |
| 3 | Tribunals might well have continued to develop without any critical analysis of their impact on the administration of justice , had it not been for one of those incidents of poor administration whose wider implications can not be ignored . |
| 4 | Although the triple junctions identified in Africa , including those along the continental margin as well as those in the interior , have variously evolved by spreading along one , two or all three rift arms , the most common sequence has been for one arm to remain inactive and form an aulacogen , with spreading occurring along the other two ( Fig. 4.13 ) . |
| 5 | Oddly enough I may never have had an operational tour had it not been for one of these fellow travellers . |
| 6 | Sucralose might never have been discovered had it not been for two Tate & Lyle scientists who deployed a basic research technique — they tasted it . |
| 7 | But she brought them because it salved her conscience to bring something , and she had not been for two weeks now . |
| 8 | Yes dear I went to erm , er the er holiday camp in October to erm , er with the Red Cross and I went with the , Charlie took me and I went in a car with a friend of mine we went to the Red Cross holiday in Patefield , but it poured of rain every day every day it poured of rain did n't October it was terrible , ever so cold , but we were well looked after you know and I enjoyed it and we had the wheelchairs to go around in on for the dancing , it was really great I thoroughly enjoyed it , I have n't been for two years I had n't , but I went like in October , cos you 're only allowed really every two years to go , that 's all you 're allowed really , but I thoroughly enjoyed it you know , it was nice |
| 9 | So he 's been for two years . |
| 10 | Cos I have n't been for two years since I 've been to that one ! |
| 11 | Of the temporary jobs concerned , nearly three quarters ( 70 per cent ) had been for six months or less ( Stern , 1982 ) . |
| 12 | Has been for six years . |
| 13 | Greg Downs says the club is in a better position than it 's been for eight or nine years and if they can play as well as last year they 've got a good chance |
| 14 | Genetic reproduction and expansion has , of course , been for millions of years the basis of animal life and its evolutionary change . |
| 15 | " Scores of men are in a worse plight than they have been for thirty-seven years past " , admitted Harry Orbell , " The pawnshops are glutted . |
| 16 | The PLO felt able to play what had been for fifteen years its ‘ last card ’ — recognition of Israel — because it had gained a stronger one through the Uprising . |
| 17 | He and his wife , Nellie , live in a Home in an outer city suburb where they 've been for fifteen months . |
| 18 | You 're alright , you , you 've been for fifteen years |
| 19 | I mean the new areas of course for us er and I still count the medical practices as a new area although it 's been for four years |
| 20 | The castle walls surround the medieval town , which is still inhabited as it has been for hundreds of years . |
| 21 | Primarily a religious holiday , it has also been for hundreds of years a secular holiday , often with a travelling showmen 's fair visiting the village at the time . |
| 22 | After all , the Elphbergs are the royal family of Ruritania , and have been for hundreds of years . |
| 23 | The mute swan population stands at the highest it has been for 40 years . |
| 24 | It 's still as pure as it has been for thousands of years . ’ |
| 25 | Scums defence is as dodgy now as its been for 3–4 years . |
| 26 | Although annual rail investment , at more than £1bn , is currently higher than it has been for three decades , that results from decisions taken two to three years ago . |
| 27 | It was her idea to come here each summer , but she has n't been for three years now . |
| 28 | It has n't been for three years . " |
| 29 | You 're lucky , I have n't been for three days . |
| 30 | I have n't been for three years . |