Example sentences of "i [verb] [been] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been house-sitting for Nassim Nassim 's cousin Sunil in Leytonstone for a week now , which meant that the five-day house-warming party where all my so-called friends drop in to see how I 'm coping , how much booze I 've laid on and what the music centre 's like , had come to an end . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd been miserable for a long time . |
| 3 | But I 'd been careful for a long time before that , because I 'd sensed something . |
| 4 | I had been married for seven hours . |
| 5 | The world of secondary schools was one from which I had been absent for eight years and it had in the mean time greatly expanded , so that the new secondary modern schools now occupied most — although not necessarily the most strategically important — territory . |
| 6 | I had been poorly for a while and could n't eat and the doctor thought it may be appendicitis so he sent me to Darlington Hospital . |
| 7 | As I enjoyed the stew I looked at my watch , it was just after mid-day ; I had been asleep for nearly four hours . |
| 8 | I came to believe that I had been responsible for those terrible things , that I was to blame , that I must be very bad . |
| 9 | But I was braced to cope with him because I had been ambitious for Jean-Claude , vauntingly so . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been awake for over an hour , ’ she said , sitting on the edge of the bed , when he came back into the bedroom . |
| 11 | I 've been impotent for as long as I can remember . |
| 12 | But now I 've been drug-free for over a year erm but I 'd been trying for a few year before that and had nay managed to succeed . |
| 13 | ‘ It feels like I 've been asleep for a long , long time . |
| 14 | I 've been asleep for an hour . |
| 15 | I 've been grateful for Jessie having my key because er I 've locked myself out one or two |
| 16 | I 've been married for sixteen years . |
| 17 | I 'm 21 , I 've been married for four years and I have two children aged three and one . |
| 18 | I 've been married for 16 years to a man I really love . |
| 19 | Anyway , I 've been sober for a couple of days now and it changes your perspective a bit . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've been mad for too long , ’ Patsy replied , moving out into the centre of the yard . |
| 21 | Hang on , wait a minute , er August , September , January , February , March I 've been single for nine months . |
| 22 | Oh god , I 've been single for about five |
| 23 | I 've been single for , now let's see |
| 24 | As I 've been stuck for years now |
| 25 | Certainly I I 've been aware for a while now that there have been problems at Kingslane general in terms of of break ins erm not just specifically with the launderette but with also the community room er there and certainly I I 've been engaged in making one or two suggestions about how security measures could be improved . |
| 26 | It frightens me , sir — I 've been frightened for more than a week now , and I just ca n't go on any longer . ’ |
| 27 | I 've been bad for two weeks |
| 28 | The , the thing is that I 've been concerned for some time when it 's finally helped , f f found for next month , because |
| 29 | Well , it 's about why I 've been ex-directory for the last , er , twenty years . |
| 30 | That 's why I 've been quiet for two hours |