Example sentences of "they [verb] [been] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that 's moved them no less than three places up the second division table , they 're higher than I think they 've been for many a long day . |
| 2 | Most superior buildings also sustained their Palladian principles , but they became less formal : for example , the central salon , the grand reception room of the Palladian house ( Fig. 14 ) , lost some of its ceremonial identity and might even be occupied by a billiard table ; women were no longer debarred from the library , as they had been for much of the previous century . |
| 3 | It was in his experience difficult for most people to prove conclusively exactly where they had been for any forty-eight-hour period , members of the Metropolitan police force always excepted , and this was going to make his life very difficult . |
| 4 | They had been for some ten minutes locked in a close embrace , the length of their bodies pressed together . |
| 5 | These will be concerns for his successor as David will take his leave of the Education Department at the end of July and his immediate plans are more leisurely now than they have been for many years . |
| 6 | ‘ House repossessions are at no higher rate than they have been for many years , ’ he says . |
| 7 | And I do n't think they have been for this last |
| 8 | ‘ Present values are lower than they have been for some time , and are sticking . |
| 9 | However , those who are unemployed , especially if they have been for some time , may find it is more important to send out as many letters as possible , in the hope of getting some response . |