Example sentences of "been [adj] [adv] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a time in the very early universe when it was so hot that the particle energies would have been high enough for these transformations to take place . |
| 2 | They had been married now for seven years . |
| 3 | It seems as though the period of separation has been long enough for genetic differences to appear within populations but not so long that reproductive barriers have developed . |
| 4 | Swan compiled a series of almanacs published in Cambridge from 1657 , and may have been responsible too for other titles such as those ostensibly by ‘ Swallow ’ and ‘ Dove ’ . |
| 5 | then he comes home , that 's what he likes to do potter around the house , well I do n't want to potter around the house when I 've been stuck in for twelve months . |
| 6 | My mother has been happy there for fifteen years . |
| 7 | Moreover , 55 per cent of the neighbourhood had been resident there for five years or more . |
| 8 | Prescriptives , an American range that has been available here for 10 years , offers a unique collection of very wearable , natural colours . |
| 9 | The other thing that 's been done , erm , and has been ongoing now for some months without too much success , but things seem to be moving a little bit , at least we 're told they are , is that I I pressed for , not really a presentation but a technical meeting , I wanted to get there there product engineers |