Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] been ill for [det] " in BNC.

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1 She had been ill for some time , and gradually realized that she needed more care than could be given by the community services .
2 She had been ill for some time and , driving back again to Cardiff to join my father , I reflected on the sadness that parents can never know what their children owe them .
3 DeRoburt , 69 , who had been ill for several years , had been President of Nauru from independence in 1968 until 1989 , apart from short interludes in 1976-68 ( when he was Leader of the Opposition ) and 1986 .
4 This is particularly true for those with multiple symptoms who have been ill for many years .
5 Even her father 's death a month ago had n't really affected her , because he had been ill for such a long time that nobody could be sorry that the end had come .
6 He had been ill for many months and his five-year term would not have been renewed at the National People 's Congress which starts on Monday .
7 He had been ill for some time .
8 He had been ill for some time , and passed away peacefully on 12 April .
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