Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] [adj] for [det] year " 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 | It had originally been left to her by a noted amateur ornithologist and eccentric with whom she had been friendly for many years . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Disparate and haphazard as it was , one thing is certain : popular discontent with the system had been general for several years . |
| 5 | The annual floods had been low for some years , and conditions in the villages were very bad . |
| 6 | In London , just before the war , almost no one had heard of Paul Klee , although in Germany he had been famous for some years . |
| 7 | They had been married for more years than she and Rob had lived . |
| 8 | The theoretical proposal had been public for several years . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | These tenements had been empty for several years , the small shopfronts that once elbowed each other along the street boarded up . |
| 12 | It had been empty for several years and was dirty , damp and severely vandalised . |
| 13 | Punch Magazine : April 8 , aged 150 : The satirical publication had been ill for many years with circulation falling to 33,000 . |
| 14 | 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 . |