Example sentences of "[adv] been [adj] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had apparently been dead for a week . |
| 2 | This year has also been notable for a number of major contracts world wide . |
| 3 | Drilling performance to date has also been best-in-class for a reservoir of this type and complexity . |
| 4 | Davidson , who had previously been married for a total of less than five years to three different wives , said after falling for Tracie that she had made a new man of him . |
| 5 | a letter from a grant awarding authority confirming eligibility for a mandatory award ( students not receiving an award , e.g. those repeating a year , should provide evidence that they have previously been eligible for an award ) ; |
| 6 | Last year an East India company in the tea trade had gone bankrupt , and the court found it had actually been insolvent for a quarter of a century — which had come as a great surprise even to the directors . |