Example sentences of "[vb past] been [noun pl] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All those years ago after we 'd been friends for a couple of months or so ( and he 'd borrowed quite a bit more money off me ) , I confessed to him that I was being persecuted by a thug called Dudley . |
| 2 | There had been calls for the removal , even the court-martialling , of the general concerned , but the army had defended the latter and he had been allowed to complete the campaign . |
| 3 | There had been offers for the shop which his father had consistently turned down . |
| 4 | As the mourners left the Church , there had been plans for a Spitfire to fly over in a final tribute . |
| 5 | We had been lovers for a year or so . |