Example sentences of "[be] for [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | But she brought them because it salved her conscience to bring something , and she had not been for two weeks now . |
2 | Yes dear I went to erm , er the er holiday camp in October to erm , er with the Red Cross and I went with the , Charlie took me and I went in a car with a friend of mine we went to the Red Cross holiday in Patefield , but it poured of rain every day every day it poured of rain did n't October it was terrible , ever so cold , but we were well looked after you know and I enjoyed it and we had the wheelchairs to go around in on for the dancing , it was really great I thoroughly enjoyed it , I have n't been for two years I had n't , but I went like in October , cos you 're only allowed really every two years to go , that 's all you 're allowed really , but I thoroughly enjoyed it you know , it was nice |
3 | So he 's been for two years . |
4 | Cos I have n't been for two years since I 've been to that one ! |
5 | Has been for six years . |
6 | Of the temporary jobs concerned , nearly three quarters ( 70 per cent ) had been for six months or less ( Stern , 1982 ) . |
7 | " Scores of men are in a worse plight than they have been for thirty-seven years past " , admitted Harry Orbell , " The pawnshops are glutted . |
8 | He and his wife , Nellie , live in a Home in an outer city suburb where they 've been for fifteen months . |
9 | The PLO felt able to play what had been for fifteen years its ‘ last card ’ — recognition of Israel — because it had gained a stronger one through the Uprising . |
10 | You 're alright , you , you 've been for fifteen years |
11 | I mean the new areas of course for us er and I still count the medical practices as a new area although it 's been for four years |
12 | The mute swan population stands at the highest it has been for 40 years . |
13 | Scums defence is as dodgy now as its been for 3–4 years . |
14 | Although annual rail investment , at more than £1bn , is currently higher than it has been for three decades , that results from decisions taken two to three years ago . |
15 | You 're lucky , I have n't been for three days . |
16 | It was her idea to come here each summer , but she has n't been for three years now . |
17 | It has n't been for three years . " |
18 | I have n't been for three years . |
19 | ‘ Miss Kenton ’ is properly speaking ‘ Mrs Benn and has been for twenty years . |
20 | ‘ Do n't think this is merely habit , ’ he said , ‘ though habit it has been for twenty-five years . |
21 | In 1979 Mrs. Nancy O'Donnell also retired , having been for 23 years an indispensable part of School life — catering for numbers large or small , brewing tea and coffee , selling biscuits outside Room 18 , applying plasters to wounded knees or offering sympathy to wounded spirits . |
22 | The luncheon table was laid as it had been for 50 Christmases , with a pyramid of polished John Standish apples from Somerset in the middle , flanked by Christmas roses and trails of ivy . |
23 | His vocal chords abruptly haemorrhaged ; CBS TV dropped him , as did his agent MCA , and Columbia Records with whom he had been for ten years . |
24 | If we do n't know where you are for twelve months or more we have to assume you have abandoned your child . |
25 | They are normally short and fixed term though some are overnight ( ‘ at call ’ ) deposits and some are for 364 days . |
26 | The studios are for two persons and are simply but pleasantly furnished . |
27 | Most are for three months or less , right down to over-night or at call . |
28 | Duration : SHALL BE FOR TWO YEARS FROM THE SIGNING OF THIS AGREEMENT . |
29 | The appointment , which will be for two years in the first instance , has been made possible by the University of London 's Academic Initiative Scheme . |
30 | The post , which is at research officer level , will be for two years in the first instance , with the possibility of extension , and the salary will be at the appropriate point on the 1A scale ( £ –£18 165 per annum ) with USS . |