Example sentences of "[verb] been [noun pl] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd been friends for some time when I first knew them but I did n't realise how long . |
| 2 | They 'd been lovers for some time , apparently . |
| 3 | There may have been reasons for this lack of positive discrimination towards the older conurbations . |
| 4 | There may also have been opportunities for paid work experience . |
| 5 | Within the Miners ' Federation and the Amalgamated Engineering Union , which had been centres for anti-war activity in 1916 , the Communist position still received some support . |
| 6 | They have worked together and have been friends for some time . |
| 7 | There have been concerns for some time that IBM Corp was fast running out of cash — the UK subsidiary was reportedly ordered to factor its receivables by its parent at the end of last year after it ran out of cash for its operations , hardly a cheap way of borrowing for a blue chip company , and the Reuter report that it and IBM Credit Corp are seeking $4,600m of revolving credit in the international syndicated loan market ( see page seven ) , seems to confirm it ; at least one source told the news wire that IBM is trying to keep the arrangement very quiet , presumably to avoid generating more alarm than there already is about progress of its business . |