Example sentences of "[vb past] been married [prep] [adj] year " 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 | She had been married for 19 years and had four children ( aged between 12 and 17 years ) . |
| 12 | They had been married for more years than she and Rob had lived . |
| 13 | Mrs Ireland had been married for thirty-nine years . |
| 14 | Donald and Sheila Baughan had been married for 20 years . |
| 15 | Elizabeth and Harry had been married for ten years , both for a second time . |