Example sentences of "been [prep] [adj] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Genetic reproduction and expansion has , of course , been for millions of years the basis of animal life and its evolutionary change . |
| 2 | The castle walls surround the medieval town , which is still inhabited as it has been for hundreds of years . |
| 3 | Primarily a religious holiday , it has also been for hundreds of years a secular holiday , often with a travelling showmen 's fair visiting the village at the time . |
| 4 | After all , the Elphbergs are the royal family of Ruritania , and have been for hundreds of years . |
| 5 | It 's still as pure as it has been for thousands of years . ’ |
| 6 | A lot of the women whose benefit was cut off were back on our books again a few weeks later — which suggested either that their relationships had not really been like that of husband and wife , or that our intrusion had broken up what might have become a more lasting union . |
| 7 | For example , we all know that productivity growth in the UK has been inferior to West Germany 's over the post-war decades ; that product development has been behind that of Japan ; and that over many years the rates of growth of South Korea , Italy and East Germany were higher than the United Kingdom 's . |
| 8 | Also Parker confesses that he has never been to one of Elvis ' recording sessions : ‘ That 's his job — mine 's getting him as much money as I can . ’ |
| 9 | Even in places I been to hundreds of times . |
| 10 | Well he 's also been on hundreds of committees because they were sort of one of the early ones to be done |