Example sentences of "only [been] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nostrils had only been gone for ten minutes before the speaker announced : |
| 2 | Its proper specification has only been given for some simple cases . |
| 3 | DNA bending does not seem to be a general feature of eukaryotic transcription factors and has hitherto only been demonstrated for little more than a handful of such proteins ( see e.g. 44,69 and references therein ) . |
| 4 | ‘ We will want to know if the warning lights had only been flashing for 10 seconds and not 30 . ’ |
| 5 | A number of experiments on bone modification in soil have been initiated , but they have only been running for five years and so far there is no good evidence of any change . |
| 6 | Erm my course has only been running for three years . |
| 7 | Cos it 's only been running for three years |
| 8 | A superb SWAN which has only been used for private cruising in the Med . |
| 9 | To protect privacy , phone numbers have only been included for those governing bodies which have an office . |
| 10 | The team has only been going for one term and we have only played two matches against other schools . |
| 11 | It has only been opened for two years and is a nice modern hospital though not as posh as Pat 's . |
| 12 | Although he has only been rallying for one year he has already appeared on the BBC Top Gear championship series when viewers saw him win his grand touring class . |