Example sentences of "been [adj] for [det] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mammalian gut has been stable for many millennia and acts to constrain the flexibility of E. coli 's genome . |
| 2 | The weather had been dry for some time and , fanned by an easterly wind , the fire spread rapidly until , within three days , it had engulfed most of the city . |
| 3 | It had been empty for several years and was dirty , damp and severely vandalised . |
| 4 | She had been listless for some time and the woman could only hope that moving her right away from the influence of the people she went around with into these beautiful surroundings might bring her back to herself . |
| 5 | In fact this shift has been visible for some time and seems at present to be increasing . |
| 6 | He had been ill for many months and his five-year term would not have been renewed at the National People 's Congress which starts on Monday . |
| 7 | She had been ill for some time and , driving back again to Cardiff to join my father , I reflected on the sadness that parents can never know what their children owe them . |
| 8 | Roach , who was a producer , director and screenwriter , had been ill for some time and was under the care of doctors of the Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital , a hospital spokeswoman said . |
| 9 | The weather had been fine for some days and the mood was right . |
| 10 | She had guessed that the reason was something to do with Jennifer for she had known that her sister had n't been well for some while and had been undergoing tests since experiencing stabbing pain in her right eye and numbness in her legs . |
| 11 | Of course he 's not been well for some time and he did n't take care of himself . ’ |
| 12 | They have also been responsible for many symposia and meetings for specialists in the field of venereology . |
| 13 | This appears to have been responsible for several stunts and was implicated in the general increase of physical violence against Jews in the East End in the middle 1930s . |
| 14 | If you have been sedentary for some time and are not used to physical exertion , then you should begin slowly , walking for no more than 20 minutes every other day , at a pace which stretches you but does not overtire you . |
| 15 | Data base systems have been available for many years and were developed to make efficient use of secondary storage devices in large computer installations . |
| 16 | Small dedicated games units had been available for some time but had always had only crude multimedia capabilities . |
| 17 | Synthetic brushes have been available for some time and seemed to be the ideal solution , but in the past brushes could be too soft to control well , or too hard to be fully responsive , limiting paint delivery and with little spring , performing as a poor cousin to natural hair and bristle . |
| 18 | We have described this process earlier ( chapter 6 ) , and it seems to occur in every case where fingerspelling has been available for some time and there has been a strong hearing influence . |
| 19 | Suppose the brochure mentions another hotel , stating that it has been open for several seasons and that it closes every year from November to March . |
| 20 | He had , it seemed , been homeless for some time and his family dispersed . |
| 21 | He had been unwell for some time and had now gone into a state of collapse . |
| 22 | has been unwell for some time and has undergone many diagnostic tests . |
| 23 | Sources close to the investigation suggest it has been dormant for some months and that it produced no conclusions one way or the other . |
| 24 | She is indicating that tiffin has been ready for some time and that if he does n't fancy it , the dog does . |
| 25 | Then Jimmy said well you know she 's been dead for many years and er she says , oh that 's right . |