Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] [adj] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had , in fact , treated her as a man might well treat a wife to whom he 'd been married for some years — a relaxed , comfortable relationship in which there was no need for any outward signs of affection . |
| 2 | He 'd been dead for several hours . |
| 3 | It had originally been left to her by a noted amateur ornithologist and eccentric with whom she had been friendly for many years . |
| 4 | Compact disc technology had been available for some time , but the quadraphonic experiment had failed and videotape technology was in something of an impasse . |
| 5 | When we entered the local office to add yet more to my daughter 's investments , the helpful cashier advised us to switch from her existing account , requiring 90 days ’ notice of withdrawals to an instant access ‘ Prime Gold ’ account which had been available for some time , and in fact paid higher interest . |
| 6 | Small dedicated games units had been available for some time but had always had only crude multimedia capabilities . |
| 7 | He had been unwell for some time and had now gone into a state of collapse . |
| 8 | The weather had been dry for some time and , fanned by an easterly wind , the fire spread rapidly until , within three days , it had engulfed most of the city . |
| 9 | From the head 's point of view , the library had been underfunded for some time with an annual capitation of some £860 , supplemented ( not always willingly ) by a 5% levy on the capitation of each department . |
| 10 | An example of this is the case of a lady of forty-five who attended the clinic with neuralgia which had been present for some years . |
| 11 | Disparate and haphazard as it was , one thing is certain : popular discontent with the system had been general for several years . |
| 12 | He had been best man at their wedding — a formidable pre-nuptial agreement had been necessary for that capitulation — and had carried out his duties with a mixture of incompetence , vulgarity and irreverence which , as she occasionally enjoyed telling Norman , had spoilt for her the memory of her big day . |
| 13 | She had been homesick for this city , and the years of marriage to Nahum slipped away . |
| 14 | The annual floods had been low for some years , and conditions in the villages were very bad . |
| 15 | Party contributions had been compulsory for all citizens prior to the RPT 's dissolution . |
| 16 | His friend and doctor , Dr James Mortimer , said that Sir Charles ' heart had been weak for some time . |
| 17 | Tension along the 38th parallel had been serious for some months : General Hodge informed the joint chiefs of staff in January 1948 that both the south Korean police and north Korean border guards were engaged in sporadic attacks on one another . |
| 18 | In London , just before the war , almost no one had heard of Paul Klee , although in Germany he had been famous for some years . |
| 19 | She had been listless for some time and the woman could only hope that moving her right away from the influence of the people she went around with into these beautiful surroundings might bring her back to herself . |
| 20 | Miguel 's voice was suddenly very warm , and Shelley remembered that he and his beautiful young assistant had been close for some time . |
| 21 | She noted the greasy chenille tablecloth which was threadbare where the table edge cut into it — a sure sign , Nelly knew , that the cloth had been undisturbed for many months . |
| 22 | He had been asleep for some time , physically exhausted after his ordeal , but now he tossed and turned , held fast in the grip of some awful nightmare . |
| 23 | All three were aware that the King and Queen had , after four years of war , come to represent to their subjects all that was best in the domestic and public virtues , and that there had been current for some time an idea of presenting to them a gift as a mark of national respect , thanks and loyalty . |
| 24 | They had been married for more years than she and Rob had lived . |
| 25 | In fact it had been open for some time already as had half a dozen other places within easy walk because America believes in man 's inalienable right to eat whenever he is awake . |
| 26 | But we were moving in different directions and it had been clear for some while that we stayed together out of habit . |
| 27 | The warnings had been clear for some time . |
| 28 | The implications of the Black and Tans ' behaviour and of the complicity of the Government in their reign of terror had been clear for some time , but Tubby 's experience had brought it all into sharp focus . |
| 29 | The theoretical proposal had been public for several years . |
| 30 | The system of raising local authorities ' revenue by means of the rating system ( where the rateable value of property served as the basis for payment ) had been unpopular for many years . |