Example sentences of "[adv] been [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Surely she 'd only been asleep for five minutes at the very most ?
2 I 've only been operational for four months and yet already people are beginning to seek me out .
3 They had all been dead for several days .
4 Interest rates had already been low for twenty years when the turnpike mania began in 1750 and remained low after it ended in 1772 .
5 The Consorzio Venezia Nuova has already been active for some time in redesigning the network of channels in the lagoon , consolidating the barene ( patches of mud flat just above the surface of the water ) and other similar measures .
6 It has not always been easy for those working class voters who see the Greens as an undisciplined bunch , inimical to the interests of industrial society , to keep up with the SPD 's enthusiastic appetite for environmental matters .
7 I 've always been grateful for that , that they did you know create th th this love of poetry .
8 However , they were originally scheduled for different nights , but it has always been possible for this scenario to arrise , so why did n't they just schedule the matches to be played at the same time no matter what ?
9 Right , I think it 's always been time-tabled for two hours though
10 Conversely , men of letters have always been ready for exciting literary discoveries .
11 ‘ We 've both been alone for such a long time I do n't honestly know whether our marriage would survive if we were together every day . ’
12 They have also been responsible for many symposia and meetings for specialists in the field of venereology .
13 The single dog , who has probably been bored for many years , suddenly has a new playmate , who like himself , sleeps most of the time , but will enjoy a game for short periods .
14 They had probably been married for some thirty-odd years , perhaps longer .
15 Human interference has often been responsible for such introductions .
16 The state 's involvement offers crucial protection , since failure to accept a coin or tampering with it in some way , like making a forgery , then is regarded as a crime against the state , and serious penalties including execution have frequently been normal for such activities .
17 Russia in 1917 had indeed been ripe for socialist revolution ; Lenin had applied the science of society with brilliant precision ; and under the guidance of Marxism-Leninism the party had provided unfailing leadership of the working masses from that day to this .
18 The military authorities in Baku moved against the Azerbaijan Popular Front on Jan. 24 , arresting 43 leading members and raiding the offices of the National Defence Council , a radical group allied to the Front which had allegedly been responsible for co-ordinating arms supplies to Azerbaijani militants .
19 No evidence has yet been forthcoming for any external towers , the mortared stone foundation in Kingshams Field now being assigned to the medieval defences .
20 In many rural areas it has therefore been usual for local farm workers to work on the land ‘ man and boy ’ .
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