Example sentences of "he [verb] been for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The 18th baron , who inherited the title three years ago , has sensibly decided to stay on at the Dower House , where he has been for many years .
2 The 18th baron , who inherited the title three years ago , has sensibly decided to stay on at the Dower House , where he has been for many years .
3 Here , as he had been for much of the past week , Thomas was contentedly playing .
4 He had been for many years an Examiner with the Joint Matriculation Board , and latterly Chief Examiner for the Cambridge Board .
5 Mr Strachan 's acquaintance with the Library did not begin with his appointment as Chairman , since he had been for many years , as a historian and biographer , a reader in the Library 's Reading Rooms .
6 His vocal chords abruptly haemorrhaged ; CBS TV dropped him , as did his agent MCA , and Columbia Records with whom he had been for ten years .
7 Because the tentacled exter was a living legend — of crime — as he had been for longer than I 'd been alive .
8 So he 's been for two years .
9 Du n no , oh he 's , he 's what , he 's been for another job interview and the bloke
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