Example sentences of "[vb past] be married for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 They had been married for fifty years , but was his mother forty-nine or only forty-eight ?
3 She had been married for five years and it took as many years again to finalise the divorce .
4 I was 24 and had been married for four years before I discovered I was a lesbian .
5 When Alan and Carolyn had been married for four years , Alan 's grandmother ( Lucy 's mother ) died , leaving him and Pamela £20,000 each .
6 A wife , who had been married for six years , consulted the defendant firm of solicitors about her divorce proceedings .
7 ‘ Elsie and Simon had been married for six years or so when she disappeared .
8 Mother and Father had been married for six years and I was to be their only child .
9 Colette and Bernard had been married for fifteen years .
10 they had been married for two years but had as yet no offspring .
11 When Esther visited Alix and Sebastian , they had been married for three weeks , and the marriage had been consummated .
12 She had been married for 19 years and had four children ( aged between 12 and 17 years ) .
13 I had been married for seven hours .
14 They had been married for more years than she and Rob had lived .
15 Mrs Ireland had been married for thirty-nine years .
16 Donald and Sheila Baughan had been married for 20 years .
17 Elizabeth and Harry had been married for ten years , both for a second time .
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