Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] have been for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was mean-minded enough to wish it had been for longer . |
| 2 | And I do n't think they have been for this last |
| 3 | I do n't think he 'd been for about six month . |
| 4 | And that 's moved them no less than three places up the second division table , they 're higher than I think they 've been for many a long day . |
| 5 | It had been necessary to handle the appointment rather delicately , as when the post was originally advertised it had been for a boys ' school , 600 strong ; with the anticipated changes this would soon develop into a co-educational establishment of up to 1,000 . |