Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] been [adj] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adult worm burdens are typically in excess of 40,000 , although lower numbers are often found in animals which has been diarrhoeic for several days prior to necropsy . |
| 2 | The traffic-light , which has been green for some time , turns red . |
| 3 | At the summit of Pico do Arieiro ( 1,818m ) there is a snack bar which has been open for many years , and a pousada recently opened . |
| 4 | Before turning to the detail of the debate , my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Health , who has been present for most of the debate , has asked me to apologise to the House on her behalf for the fact that she could not stay throughout . |
| 5 | The change of status , too , from ‘ wife , to ‘ widow ’ is felt very keenly by most women as a loss of considerable significance , which indeed it is ; for without a partner , a woman who has been married for some years may , unless she already has well developed interests outside her home , find that her social life is suddenly transformed in a very disturbing way . |
| 6 | The latter probably included correspondence with Colonel Filipović in Belgrade , who has been active for many years in agitating for firmer action |
| 7 | 9.18–26 ; Luke 8.40–56 ) he heals a woman who has been unclean for many years because of a flow of blood . |
| 8 | Jane Bywaters , who has been responsible for much of the exhibition , said : ‘ We need to give people information so that they can make up their own minds about food and not be dictated to by the media and media events . ’ |
| 9 | A mother in her early twenties in Coventry , who has been unemployed for most of the time since leaving school , said : |
| 10 | She has been depressed for some time . |
| 11 | ‘ She has been unwell for some time ; she is liable to spells of nervous depression . |
| 12 | ‘ The nurse tells me she 's been asleep for some time . ’ |
| 13 | Then Jimmy said well you know she 's been dead for many years and er she says , oh that 's right . |
| 14 | SHe 's been ready for this so-called ‘ work ’ since about the fourth day . |
| 15 | One has been convinced for some time that the idea was to take Weir in the guise of a No 6 . |
| 16 | Otherwise , everything 's been fine for this most casual and flexible of groups . |
| 17 | ‘ He has been outstanding for several weeks now — and he 's got real pace , which you ca n't find these days , never mind buy it . |
| 18 | Today he has been dead for several years , and still I have n't told the story . |
| 19 | It has been helpful for many in showing that complex medieval Latin plainchant can be simplified and adapted to modern English texts , whilst retaining the basic musical principles of the eight Gregorian modes . |
| 20 | It has been possible for many of us , for example , to respond to dance from quite other cultures , and to sculpture , carving and painting not only from other cultures but from other , often very remote , times . |
| 21 | It has been possible for some time to cruise down the Nile , or stay in some of the jewelled and painted palaces of Moghul India , or walk along the Great Wall of China . |
| 22 | For National Certificate modules it has been possible for some time to approve alternative outcomes , under certain circumstances , for students with special needs of all kinds . |
| 23 | It has been clear for some time that the demands of the arms control process would increasingly dominate military planning . |
| 24 | It has been clear for some time that there are a number of significant practical problems with the interpretation of SSAP 6 , Extraordinary Items and Prior Year Adjustments , particularly in respect of the variety of treatments of apparently similar events as sometimes ordinary and sometimes extraordinary items in the p&l account . |
| 25 | It has been clear for some time that the Al Fayeds are not who they said they were in 1985 . |
| 26 | Suppose the brochure mentions another hotel , stating that it has been open for several seasons and that it closes every year from November to March . |
| 27 | Sources close to the investigation suggest it has been dormant for some months and that it produced no conclusions one way or the other . |
| 28 | Well it 's been dry for another day . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , it 's been tough for all of us . |
| 30 | It 's been women-only for more than a century . |