Example sentences of "they have been [vb pp] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He , too , married a girl of his own milieu ; they 've been separated for many years . |
| 2 | they 've been done for many years |
| 3 | They posed for photographers at the star-studded show , giving the lie to rumours they had been separated for several weeks . |
| 4 | When they had been seated for some time Titch said : ‘ I suppose you 've heard the news ? ’ |
| 5 | He went from house to house dragging two metal ingots and everybody was amazed to see pots , pans , tongs and braziers tumble down from their places and beams creak from the desperation of nails and screws trying to emerge , and even objects that had been lost for a long time appeared from where they had been searched for most and went dragging along in turbulent confusion behind Melquíades ' magical irons . |
| 6 | She had brought glasses and dishes from home , she said ; they had been boxed for many years too long . |
| 7 | But they had been chosen for some little time already . |
| 8 | They had been provided for many years by the YWCA , and other urban based and normally middle class-run charitable societies dispensing relief and assistance . |
| 9 | The sixteen paintings seem likely to remain with the Uffizi , where they have been stored for some time . |
| 10 | Although they have been known for many years their evolutionary position is still hotly debated . |
| 11 | They have been used for many years as propellants in aerosols , in the production of some foam packaging and as coolants in refrigerators . |
| 12 | They are peaceful people , too , and many of them have been persecuted for that love of peace : Arthur Raistrick , Yorkshire Dalesman and the greatest living Dales historian , was imprisoned as a pacifist during the First World War , while in earlier times , the Quakers led by William Penn fled to America where they founded Pennsylvania , the capital city of which is Philadelphia , the city of brotherly love . |