Example sentences of "been [adj] for [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I enjoyed the stew I looked at my watch , it was just after mid-day ; I had been asleep for nearly four hours . |
| 2 | The heavy lunch and the wine had made her sleepy , and she took to her bed the minute they returned , only awakening when the hunger pangs assaulted her stomach , to see that she had been asleep for over three hours . |
| 3 | She felt as though she 'd been asleep for about five minutes ! |
| 4 | Writing on a touch sensitive computer screen with a ‘ stylus ’ just like using a pen and paper has been possible for quite some time now . |
| 5 | It guarantees a place to anyone aged 18 to 25 who has been unemployed for over six months , and attempts to offer a place to anyone up to 50 who has been unemployed for over two years . |
| 6 | It guarantees a place to anyone aged 18 to 25 who has been unemployed for over six months , and attempts to offer a place to anyone up to 50 who has been unemployed for over two years . |
| 7 | From the 11th century , such events had been popular for about 500 years but over the centuries there had been great changes to the ways in which they had been conducted . |
| 8 | The ovipositor has been visible for about 10 days , and is more prominent in one fish than in the other . |
| 9 | Oppressed for 40 years by the world 's toughest dictator , Albania has been democratic for only 6 months . |
| 10 | Oh he 'd been ill for about six months I think , but erm |
| 11 | Gwrych Castle was offered rent-free by Lord Dundonald — who also made a grant towards rates and taxes and paid half the cost of repairs — a necessarily generous offer since the castle had been uninhabited for over fifteen years . |
| 12 | She was an Irish Catholic woman of twenty-eight and had been married for nearly two years . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've known Eric since I was 20 and we have been married for nearly six years . |
| 14 | ‘ They 'd been married for nearly forty years , did you know that ? ’ she said in a small voice . |
| 15 | I have been married for nearly twenty-five years to a very nice kind Englishman . |
| 16 | ‘ When she was writing Rebecca she had been married for about four years , had one child and during the writing of the book , had her second child . |
| 17 | They also found that the ex-married women had been married for about eight years , on average , before becoming lone mothers . |
| 18 | The majority of leg ulcers ( 291 : 62 per cent ) had been present for under two years , 48 per cent ( 141 ) of these for less than six months . |
| 19 | Generally , the products were made of plane/sycamore wood that had been seasoned for about 6 months . |
| 20 | He had , Maisie had told him , been unconscious for nearly two minutes . |
| 21 | The Thames Valley helicopter has been responsible for around 100 arrests this year . |
| 22 | Or attempt to explore with a Central European Jew the precise nature of the ties that he or she feels with a culture which down the centuries has been responsible for so much persecution and pain . |
| 23 | British Airways staff are fantastic , whatever class you travel , and plied Kenneth with enough booze to soften the effect of two Sun journalists who approached us for a story and picture after we 'd been airborne for about eight hours . |
| 24 | ‘ My name is Terry Waite , I have been alone for over three years . ’ |
| 25 | At one point they met up with a lorry laden with Coke which had been stuck for over three weeks in knee deep mud . |
| 26 | It all went a long way towards explaining why umpires the world over have been reluctant for so many years to restrain cricket 's bouncer-happy fast bowlers . |
| 27 | Creation was a really small label at that time and they had n't been successful for about two years , so there just was n't the money . |
| 28 | Dipping has been compulsory for over 20 years in an effort to eradicate fungal scab and tick infestations . |
| 29 | Many other surveys were conducted at this time , employing the newly re-established social science departments , which had been inactive for over two decades . |
| 30 | It has always been difficult for mentally handicapped people to find employment when they leave school , but now the prospects are grim indeed . |