Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [verb] been for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She will stay with the man at whose side she has been for years , Secretary of State James Baker . |
| 2 | This process directly undermined the rule of law : ‘ such transference of authority saps the foundation of that rule of law which has been for generations a leading feature of the English constitution . ’ |
| 3 | Well I said to er one lady who 's been for first time and she thinks it 's marvellous ! |
| 4 | It takes you a long while to realise what a twit you 've been for so long . |
| 5 | I show him how much I 've written here , how good a place it has been for me . |
| 6 | The sun 's been shining all week over Hereford : United are on a high , five goals against Colchester was the best news there 's been for years at Edgar Street . |
| 7 | ‘ Do n't think this is merely habit , ’ he said , ‘ though habit it has been for twenty-five years . |
| 8 | It was a depressing and dispiriting experience , exactly as life itself has been for the young unemployed , day in and day out . |
| 9 | These maxims , many of them reflecting nothing more than common sense , and taken from the recorded experience of the past , were to be found mainly in two works : the Facta et dicta memorabilia of Valerius Maximus , written in the first century AD , and the Stratagemata of Frontinus , composed in the same century by a man who had been for a short while Roman governor of Britain . |
| 10 | He had no idea what an effort it had been for Topaz to keep up the easy flow of chatter . |
| 11 | But at the time I felt rejected and useless , because I was n't needed in the way I had been for so long. , |
| 12 | That 's the way it had been for longer than she could remember . |
| 13 | In his pronouncements , science was no longer subordinate to theology in the way it had been for Roger Bacon , Thomas Aquinas , or Nicole Oresme . |
| 14 | That is the way he conducts his business and that is the way it has been for centuries . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I know David and Cath were planning a normal family Christmas at home , the way it has been for several years , ’ Mrs Smith said . |
| 16 | ‘ I know David and Cath were planning a normal family Christmas at home , the way it has been for several years . |
| 17 | It 's just the way it 's been for years . |
| 18 | Last time it had been for a length of dress material . |