Example sentences of "[verb] been [noun] for [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has been MP for Hull East since 1970 . |
| 2 | Mr Heseltine who 's a millionaire has been MP for Henley since 1974 . |
| 3 | The affable Michael , 61 , has been MP for Westmoreland since 1964 after cutting his political teeth at Wakefield in the 1959 general election . |
| 4 | It must have been reference for Jenny to be |
| 5 | Cobalt shook his head , which might have meant he did n't know or might have been admonishment for Oliver who was still holding the bottle of wine . |
| 6 | Between then and now there would not have been time for Newley to drive down to Miller 's End , walk to the gazebo , get himself killed and become as cold as he was . |
| 7 | Gore , who had made an impressive if unsuccessful bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988 , was the product of a patrician southern family , his father having been Senator for Tennessee . |
| 8 | ‘ What a pleasure it has been , and an honour to have been MP for Winchester for 13 years , ’ he said , thanking those who had supported him in the past year . |
| 9 | The weather had been kind for Boz 's wedding but it was less so for Tom and Dolly . |
| 10 | There had been calls for Belkheir 's resignation after the Algerian press pointed out that the " special intervention unit " charged with Boudiaf 's security came under Interior Ministry control . |
| 11 | His ancestors had been MPs for Liverpool on and off since 1307 , and his father served in the Parliament of 1625 , besides being sheriff of Lancashire in 1620 . |