Example sentences of "[been] [verb] [adv] for [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British Standard BS 6652 for child resistance is granted to specific combinations of bottle and cap and has been given only for some makes of closures on BS 1679 bottles , which are the ones we use in this hospital . |
| 2 | Since then , various voluntary groups throughout the campus , the UK and abroad have come forward with names and addresses of active alumni , some of whom have been networking enthusiastically for many years outwith the official organisation of either the Graduates Association of the University . |
| 3 | Mrs Probyn 's husband has told police that the pair , who 've been living apart for several months , had a row . |
| 4 | Following township rumours that the Mandelas had been living apart for some weeks , the Sowetan newspaper said Mrs Mandela continued to live in the mansion she had built in a better part of Soweto but Mr Mandela had moved into a well-guarded home in Johannesburg 's affluent northern suburbs . |
| 5 | They 'd been living together for many years . |
| 6 | He had been trembling violently for several hours but now no sound came from the place where he lay . |
| 7 | I 've been going downhill for several days now . |
| 8 | Christopher had obviously been going there for some years . |
| 9 | Later my surgeon was to tell me that the cancer had been growing away for many years . |
| 10 | His tenure of the post was short : his health had been declining progressively for several months as a result of overwork , and he died 5 February 1882 at his home at 7 Cornwall Street , Edinburgh . |
| 11 | Some have been used informally for many years , subjective assessments such as those made by parents , teachers , and librarians . |
| 12 | It may seem incredible that they could have been remembered accurately for many decades , but the construction of skaldic verse was complex , and features such as the binding of pairs of lines by allit-eration , and rhyme and consonance within lines , perhaps facilitated the correct transmission of individual words . |
| 13 | One afternoon , after they had been travelling together for several days , Cleo ordered Dauntless to pull Contralto to a halt . |
| 14 | Little by little you will start to release any unnecessary tension that may have been stored unknowingly for many years . |
| 15 | It was a warm night , and he had been studying hard for some hours . |
| 16 | For him the Dutch Texel is the original Texel ; it comes from the island of Texel and has been bred there for many generations . |
| 17 | Not until she had been sitting there for several minutes did Isabel realise that no sound at all had come from her torn and bleeding lips . |
| 18 | We had been hillwalking together for several years , and by this time were well aware of the strengths and weaknesses of each other 's paces . |
| 19 | Ideally , the EC Commission would step in with a way to prevent the disruption of trade ; but it has been trying unsuccessfully for many months to steer a directive on packaging waste through the council of ministers . |
| 20 | And yes , he 'd been working there for several days . |