Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] [adj] for [det] [noun pl] " 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | Disparate and haphazard as it was , one thing is certain : popular discontent with the system had been general for several years . |
| 6 | The annual floods had been low for some years , and conditions in the villages were very bad . |
| 7 | Party contributions had been compulsory for all citizens prior to the RPT 's dissolution . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In London , just before the war , almost no one had heard of Paul Klee , although in Germany he had been famous for some years . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They had been married for more years than she and Rob had lived . |
| 12 | The theoretical proposal had been public for several years . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | America had been amazed for some months by stories of U.S. prisoners of war in Korea who had ‘ gone over to Communism ’ . |
| 15 | Its importance as a sire had been obvious for many years as its progeny had proved their worth in the show ring and at stud . |
| 16 | These tenements had been empty for several years , the small shopfronts that once elbowed each other along the street boarded up . |
| 17 | It had been empty for several years and was dirty , damp and severely vandalised . |
| 18 | Punch Magazine : April 8 , aged 150 : The satirical publication had been ill for many years with circulation falling to 33,000 . |
| 19 | He had been ill for many months and his five-year term would not have been renewed at the National People 's Congress which starts on Monday . |
| 20 | DeRoburt , 69 , who had been ill for several years , had been President of Nauru from independence in 1968 until 1989 , apart from short interludes in 1976-68 ( when he was Leader of the Opposition ) and 1986 . |
| 21 | A doctor examined the body and decided that the man had been dead for several hours . |
| 22 | They had been dead for several days when police were called in by neighbours in the millionaire 's district of Rancho Sante Fe , near San Diego , California . |
| 23 | It had been silent for several minutes . |
| 24 | The weather had been fine for some days and the mood was right . |