Example sentences of "been [adj] for about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt as though she 'd been asleep for about five minutes ! |
| 2 | From the 11th century , such events had been popular for about 500 years but over the centuries there had been great changes to the ways in which they had been conducted . |
| 3 | The ovipositor has been visible for about 10 days , and is more prominent in one fish than in the other . |
| 4 | Oh he 'd been ill for about six months I think , but erm |
| 5 | ‘ When she was writing Rebecca she had been married for about four years , had one child and during the writing of the book , had her second child . |
| 6 | They also found that the ex-married women had been married for about eight years , on average , before becoming lone mothers . |
| 7 | Generally , the products were made of plane/sycamore wood that had been seasoned for about 6 months . |
| 8 | British Airways staff are fantastic , whatever class you travel , and plied Kenneth with enough booze to soften the effect of two Sun journalists who approached us for a story and picture after we 'd been airborne for about eight hours . |
| 9 | Creation was a really small label at that time and they had n't been successful for about two years , so there just was n't the money . |
| 10 | Oh god , I 've been single for about five |
| 11 | Juliette : I 've been active for about 3 years in the Black Movement . |
| 12 | Yes , it does : and that is why art directors love it — though it has only been fashionable for about 20 years . |
| 13 | He 's probably been dead for about two years , they have n't noticed ! |
| 14 | It had been dead for about three or four months . |