Example sentences of "they [verb] been for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He and his wife , Nellie , live in a Home in an outer city suburb where they 've been for fifteen months . |
| 2 | Maybe they had been for old times the old times that had never really existed . |
| 3 | " Scores of men are in a worse plight than they have been for thirty-seven years past " , admitted Harry Orbell , " The pawnshops are glutted . |
| 4 | These will be concerns for his successor as David will take his leave of the Education Department at the end of July and his immediate plans are more leisurely now than they have been for many years . |
| 5 | ‘ House repossessions are at no higher rate than they have been for many years , ’ he says . |
| 6 | ‘ Present values are lower than they have been for some time , and are sticking . |
| 7 | However , those who are unemployed , especially if they have been for some time , may find it is more important to send out as many letters as possible , in the hope of getting some response . |