Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] have 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 | It takes you a long while to realise what a twit you 've been for so long . |
| 3 | I show him how much I 've written here , how good a place it has been for me . |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't think this is merely habit , ’ he said , ‘ though habit it has been for twenty-five years . |
| 5 | He had no idea what an effort it had been for Topaz to keep up the easy flow of chatter . |
| 6 | But at the time I felt rejected and useless , because I was n't needed in the way I had been for so long. , |
| 7 | That 's the way it had been for longer than she could remember . |
| 8 | In his pronouncements , science was no longer subordinate to theology in the way it had been for Roger Bacon , Thomas Aquinas , or Nicole Oresme . |
| 9 | That is the way he conducts his business and that is the way it has been for centuries . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I know David and Cath were planning a normal family Christmas at home , the way it has been for several years , ’ Mrs Smith said . |
| 11 | ‘ I know David and Cath were planning a normal family Christmas at home , the way it has been for several years . |
| 12 | It 's just the way it 's been for years . |
| 13 | Last time it had been for a length of dress material . |