Example sentences of "they [vb base] been [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've been available for two weeks at 350 Oxfam shops . |
| 2 | They 've been married for 11 years and they 've always been so happy . |
| 3 | and , and if she 's already scared of his temper and they 've not even lived together , well they have lived together for quite a while actually so I mean it 's not like they do n't know each other but once they 're married and they 've been married for a couple of years I reckon , and he starts thinking of her more as a possession sort of thing I can , I can really imagine |
| 4 | They 've been responsible for making Joan Collins a sex symbol at fifty-three . |
| 5 | if it 's just like one exam or two exams that they 've failed or they 've been ill for or they 've missed or something they 're offered the opportunity to sit those in September then we have another exam board in September |
| 6 | Native birds of region , from Caucasus and SW Asia , all belong to black-necked colchicus type , with rather dark and purplish plumage , lower back and rump mainly rufous , and no neck ring ; these were first introduced in W Europe and in Britain , where they have been present for at least 900 years , used to be known as the ‘ Old English ’ type . |
| 7 | And they say I ca n't remember it just happened so quick that I ca n't remember , they have been unconscious for a , it may be just a split second , it 's affected the brain , they are concussed . |
| 8 | As Kenneth Clark states in his classic study The Nude : ‘ [ Artists ] have found it easier to compose harmoniously the larger units of a woman 's torso ; they have been grateful for its smoother transitions , and above all they have discovered analogies with satisfying geometrical forms , the oval , the ellipsoid and the sphere ’ . |
| 9 | They have been vacant for three months . |
| 10 | They have been married for five years , confounding sceptics who said it would n't last because of the age difference . |
| 11 | They have been married for six years and despite years of tests and trying , have no children . |
| 12 | They have been married for two years . ’ |
| 13 | Each in his time has painted over the inheritance of his predecessor , but the Oak Leaf camps have remained because they have been necessary for each new Czar 's survival . |
| 14 | ‘ They have been working on the driving maul yet it 's not something they have been renowned for in the past . ’ |
| 15 | They have been responsible for destroying one of earth 's greatest treasures . |
| 16 | They have been responsible for the building of the Kings Reach Complex in Ramsay . |
| 17 | When asked why she allowed the computer so to dominate in this way , she replied ‘ It 's the first time they have been quiet for a whole week ! ’ , reflecting the second cause in the list above . |
| 18 | they have been excited for a bit of money and end up with nowt , sending you letters |
| 19 | Some of them have been empty for the 20 years since they were built , others have been empty for just a few years . |