Example sentences of "[verb] been for [det] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm The response has been for that authority then to groin its bit of beach , and so we end up with a situation today where along the Sussex coast practically the whole of the coast is groined , except for the areas which are backed by high cliffs , erm where we have the sorts of rates of erosion that I mentioned . |
| 2 | The census has been for many years now an important instrument , among a range of such instruments , in the administration of the welfare state . |
| 3 | At this moment the King , who had been for some time busily writing in his notebook , called out , ‘ Silence ! ’ and read out from his book , ‘ Rule Forty-Two . |
| 4 | My children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
| 5 | My children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
| 6 | Yes my children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
| 7 | Yes my children do go to school oh I was going to say , have been for some months now . |