Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] be [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A landmark on the Waxholme/Withernsea road is the old Black Mill , and has been so for many generations . |
| 2 | It is made from M. spicata , but there are many other mints with various distinct aromas and flavours — garden mint is the most commonly used and has been so for many centuries . |
| 3 | She , it turned out , was away , and had been away for some weeks , touring the clubs in the North . |
| 4 | Nicaragua was an American obsession and a dream , a proving-ground for ideology , and had been so for more than a century . |
| 5 | Once you are fully better , and have been so for some time , you can risk the occasional slice of white bread or a sliver of cake . |