Example sentences of "[pron] have been for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am much slimmer and a better shape than I have been for some time ( or for months , years , etc. ) and I am going to get even slimmer and achieve an even better figure — a figure I never thought I could have . |
| 2 | This is the most upbeat I have been for more than a year . ’ |
| 3 | Well , we have been for some time . |
| 4 | " Scores of men are in a worse plight than they have been for thirty-seven years past " , admitted Harry Orbell , " The pawnshops are glutted . |
| 5 | These will be concerns for his successor as David will take his leave of the Education Department at the end of July and his immediate plans are more leisurely now than they have been for many years . |
| 6 | ‘ House repossessions are at no higher rate than they have been for many years , ’ he says . |
| 7 | And I do n't think they have been for this last |
| 8 | ‘ Present values are lower than they have been for some time , and are sticking . |
| 9 | However , those who are unemployed , especially if they have been for some time , may find it is more important to send out as many letters as possible , in the hope of getting some response . |