Example sentences of "[verb] been married for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The change of status , too , from ‘ wife , to ‘ widow ’ is felt very keenly by most women as a loss of considerable significance , which indeed it is ; for without a partner , a woman who has been married for some years may , unless she already has well developed interests outside her home , find that her social life is suddenly transformed in a very disturbing way . |
| 2 | Maitre Lelièpvre has been married for 60 years , and has a son . |
| 3 | He had , in fact , treated her as a man might well treat a wife to whom he 'd been married for some years — a relaxed , comfortable relationship in which there was no need for any outward signs of affection . |
| 4 | They had been married for fifty years , but was his mother forty-nine or only forty-eight ? |
| 5 | She had been married for five years and it took as many years again to finalise the divorce . |
| 6 | I was 24 and had been married for four years before I discovered I was a lesbian . |
| 7 | When Alan and Carolyn had been married for four years , Alan 's grandmother ( Lucy 's mother ) died , leaving him and Pamela £20,000 each . |
| 8 | A wife , who had been married for six years , consulted the defendant firm of solicitors about her divorce proceedings . |
| 9 | ‘ Elsie and Simon had been married for six years or so when she disappeared . |
| 10 | Mother and Father had been married for six years and I was to be their only child . |
| 11 | Colette and Bernard had been married for fifteen years . |
| 12 | they had been married for two years but had as yet no offspring . |
| 13 | When Esther visited Alix and Sebastian , they had been married for three weeks , and the marriage had been consummated . |
| 14 | She had been married for 19 years and had four children ( aged between 12 and 17 years ) . |
| 15 | I had been married for seven hours . |
| 16 | They had been married for more years than she and Rob had lived . |
| 17 | Mrs Ireland had been married for thirty-nine years . |
| 18 | Donald and Sheila Baughan had been married for 20 years . |
| 19 | Elizabeth and Harry had been married for ten years , both for a second time . |
| 20 | They 've been married for 11 years and they 've always been so happy . |
| 21 | I 've been married for 16 years to a man I really love . |
| 22 | I 'm 21 , I 've been married for four years and I have two children aged three and one . |
| 23 | ‘ We 've been married for sixty years . |
| 24 | ‘ We 've been married for sixty years . ’ |
| 25 | I 've been married for sixteen years . |
| 26 | We 've been married for seven years and , though I 'm only 31 , I 'm beginning to worry — has he changed his mind ? |
| 27 | ‘ We always wanted to sponsor a guide dog and by the time you 've been married for 50 years you 've got everything you need and there 's no point in getting presents you do n't really need , ’ said Mr Lea . |
| 28 | I 'm 46 , Ruth is 45 , we 've been married for 24 years . |
| 29 | William and Kate have been married for nine years and known each other for sixteen . |
| 30 | They have been married for five years , confounding sceptics who said it would n't last because of the age difference . |