Example sentences of "[adv] been [verb] for two [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It has only been opened for two years and is a nice modern hospital though not as posh as Pat 's . |
2 | It 's not been fed for two years has it , so |
3 | Therefore my own chapel which has not been used for two generations but for a lumber room , because our family seldom resided here long together , shall be cleared and cleaned and got ready for the ceremony . |
4 | By the time the Master himself arrived in London to be examined in August 1669 , he had already been suspended for two months past by the Chancellor of the Archbishop of York until the controversy could be settled . |
5 | The Wall Street crash of 1929 was severe enough , by itself , to reduce wealth in the American economy substantially , and thus to cut personal and business spending ( which had already been falling for two months ) . |
6 | She had n't been to work for two nights . |
7 | Most of his staff are currently on strike because they have n't been paid for two months , so Soliz is going personally to open the new group and give the first lesson . |
8 | A special meeting has therefore been called for two weeks time in order to press forward with ideas that could be implemented next season . |