Example sentences of "[adv] [been] [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Septizonium , an ancient Roman temple at the south-east corner of the Palatine , which had long since been annexed for other uses , safe from outside interference and imperial troops , for it was still possible for emperors to attempt to interfere with elections , the election commenced after each cardinal had celebrated mass and all of them had exchanged the kiss of peace . |
| 2 | Latterly , until its closure in 1963 , it was used by the permanent-way department , and has since been sold for industrial purposes . |
| 3 | Nostrils had only been gone for ten minutes before the speaker announced : |
| 4 | ‘ We will want to know if the warning lights had only been flashing for 10 seconds and not 30 . ’ |
| 5 | A number of experiments on bone modification in soil have been initiated , but they have only been running for five years and so far there is no good evidence of any change . |
| 6 | Erm my course has only been running for three years . |
| 7 | Cos it 's only been running for three years |
| 8 | A superb SWAN which has only been used for private cruising in the Med . |
| 9 | The team has only been going for one term and we have only played two matches against other schools . |
| 10 | It has only been opened for two years and is a nice modern hospital though not as posh as Pat 's . |
| 11 | Although he has only been rallying for one year he has already appeared on the BBC Top Gear championship series when viewers saw him win his grand touring class . |
| 12 | US giants such as Microsoft have a strong commitment to multimedia CD-ROM publishing have long been searching for suitable properties . |
| 13 | As Westminster aide to the party leader , Mr Durkan has long been tipped for higher offices . |
| 14 | The Liverpool Street dungeon was known , incongruously , as the gymnasium , presumably in memory of its intended purpose , though it had long been used for general storage . |
| 15 | He had obviously been searching for appropriate words of censure during the silence . |
| 16 | A similar undated sequence was recorded in Green Cutting to the east , where the courtyard had obviously been used for industrial activities prior to the demise of the associated building . |
| 17 | It claims the annual American-South Korean military exercises , known as Team Spirit , are a threat to the North ; that the Americans still have nuclear weapons in South Korea ; and that the South has not been inspected for nuclear bases . |
| 18 | If it has a Solex carb then this is probably worn out as they have not been fitted for many years . |
| 19 | Back came all the romance of train travel that had not been seen for fifty years . |
| 20 | The 70-year-old has not been seen for four weeks since leaving the Robert Huggins home for the elderly in Acklam . |
| 21 | The wide-field/planetary camera has produced its share of dramatic pictures , including detailed ones of a storm on Saturn the like of which has not been seen for 60 years . |
| 22 | Sergeant Raymond Mitchell , of Cape Town police , told TODAY : ‘ Sharon had not been seen for 24 hours , and in the current climate in the country , we were anxious for her welfare . |
| 23 | Sergeant Raymond Mitchell , of Cape Town police , told TODAY : ‘ Sharon had not been seen for 24 hours , and in the current climate in the country , we were anxious for her welfare . |
| 24 | Although it has not been seen for some time , the manuscript may contain a specimen of Mary Leapor 's handwriting . |
| 25 | And he had not been seen for some days . |
| 26 | Restlessly , she returned to the office , then recalled that the answering machine had not been checked for several hours . |
| 27 | Up-to-date valuations of such properties had not been undertaken for many years previously , partly because of business people 's complaints that any revaluations of commercial properties could inevitably lead to an increase in their total tax bill . |
| 28 | The department ‘ s syllabus has not been revised for five years and perhaps is ready for a revision . |
| 29 | It 's not been fed for two years has it , so |
| 30 | I think to do that erm to chairman , to define the Greater York area then to ten miles that would of course require a consistent calculation of the housing need requirement both the local need element and the hundred percent migration element which arises within that ten mile er area , to be consistent with erm the rest of the policy , and of course that calculation erm that consistent calculation er has not been done for that area . |