Example sentences of "been [adj] [noun pl] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Roebuck family had probably been staunch Nonconformists for some time . |
| 2 | THE PAST three dry years have not been good ones for young trees . |
| 3 | Glenys and Neil Kinnock have been regular customers for several years and it was Glenys who had the honour of cutting the ribbon . |
| 4 | As I use Taskmax and Windows 3 , both of which use SWAP designations , these would have been primary candidates for missing disk space , except in both cases the swap areas are allocated to E : \WIN — a subdirectory on a 3Mb RAM drive . |
| 5 | Here , the manageress Giovanna has been welcoming guests for 30 years and prides herself on offering a simple , comfortable hotel and a good choice of menu . |
| 6 | Injuries and fitness have been topical issues for some time now . |
| 7 | There may have been secret conclaves for this purpose . |
| 8 | The 1980s have been bad years for lone mothers , as for so many others . |