Example sentences of "and [verb] be [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 's married a Welsh girl , has two Welsh kids and has been here for five years . |
| 2 | A landmark on the Waxholme/Withernsea road is the old Black Mill , and has been so for many generations . |
| 3 | It is made from M. spicata , but there are many other mints with various distinct aromas and flavours — garden mint is the most commonly used and has been so for many centuries . |
| 4 | The sale agreed and completed was thus for the land and buildings as they were at that time . |
| 5 | She , it turned out , was away , and had been away for some weeks , touring the clubs in the North . |
| 6 | To make matters worse , the two men had been ordered to Germany to attend a conference , and had been away for eight days . |
| 7 | Nicaragua was an American obsession and a dream , a proving-ground for ideology , and had been so for more than a century . |
| 8 | Once you are fully better , and have been so for some time , you can risk the occasional slice of white bread or a sliver of cake . |
| 9 | The roles of chairman and chief executive are segregated and have been so for nine years . |