Example sentences of "they [verb] been [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When they 'd been separated for ten years , ’ said Mr Brownlow , ‘ your father met another family . |
| 2 | He , too , married a girl of his own milieu ; they 've been separated for many years . |
| 3 | they 've been done for many years |
| 4 | They 'd be secondhand shoes because they 've been worn for three days . |
| 5 | They posed for photographers at the star-studded show , giving the lie to rumours they had been separated for several weeks . |
| 6 | When they had been seated for some time Titch said : ‘ I suppose you 've heard the news ? ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Uscfrea and Yffi died in infancy in Gaul among the Franks , where they had been sent for greater safety ( HE 11 , 20 ) . |
| 9 | Yet they were now learning to kiss as if they had been made for one another , she thought in panic . |
| 10 | She had brought glasses and dishes from home , she said ; they had been boxed for many years too long . |
| 11 | Often they had been laid for commercial purposes , including coal mining , but were becoming disused . |
| 12 | But they had been chosen for some little time already . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Although they have been developed for acrylic painters , I 'm sure they are ideal for oil painters too , as they can be cleaned in turpentine overnight , then used for acrylic painting the very next day . |
| 15 | At present the statement must be given no later than 13 weeks after employment commences , but part-time workers who work less than 16 hours a week need not be given a statement until they have been employed for five years and worked eight hours or more a week . |
| 16 | Since they have been selected for fast growth , these birds are only seven or eight weeks old when they are transported — really just overgrown chicks . |
| 17 | The sixteen paintings seem likely to remain with the Uffizi , where they have been stored for some time . |
| 18 | A The law allows any couple to seek a divorce on the grounds of the irretrievable breakdown of marriage once they have been separated for two years . |
| 19 | Although they have been known for many years their evolutionary position is still hotly debated . |
| 20 | They have been used for many years as propellants in aerosols , in the production of some foam packaging and as coolants in refrigerators . |
| 21 | They have been used for thousands of years , one of the earliest references to salt being in the Old Testament when Lot 's wife was turned to salt in the desert . |
| 22 | Long service awards for trio of Terriers THREE part-time soldiers with nearly 70 years in uniform between them have been honoured for long service . |
| 23 | 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 . |