Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] ill for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dad had been ill for fourteen years , on and off . |
| 2 | Punch Magazine : April 8 , aged 150 : The satirical publication had been ill for many years with circulation falling to 33,000 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The twice-married 70-year-old star had been ill for three years . |