Example sentences of "been for [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I happened to see Sir John Woods [ Permanent Secretary to the Board of Trade ] tonight and he told me that Sir Stafford Cripps had been reading the minutes of Cabinet committees during his absence [ in India , where he had been for nearly four months trying to reach a settlement which would lead to independence ] and had been depressed by the amount of time and energy taken up in the Ministerial Committees with the discussion of quite minor matters which individual Ministers ought to settle in their discretion . |
| 2 | But this is my dwelling place and has been for nearly four months now . |
| 3 | And as I said , Mrs Mary she 's the national treasurer and has been for over thirty years . |
| 4 | No , it was Marguerite Bryant now and had been for over fifteen years . |
| 5 | Although a rich resource for trivialisation by the media , the women 's movement in the 1970s succeeded in making issues to do with women 's rights visible in ways they had not been for over sixty years . |
| 6 | ‘ Lower interest rates and current house price levels mean that house are more affordable now than they have been for over 20 years . ’ |
| 7 | And has been for over 40 years . |
| 8 | She opened her eyes and was aware of being in her mother 's bed , where she had not been for over ten years . |
| 9 | For some time the weapons states have maintained that the peaceful trade in peaceful atoms has been for purely peaceful purposes . |
| 10 | I think members will probably by now , be aware that a decision has been taken to leave the offices in Bedford Square where we have been for so many years . |
| 11 | In recent years the alpine trend has been for less adventurous climbing : bolted instant classics from climbers ' such as Michel Piola — safe rock routes with a savage backdrop . |
| 12 | Had been for about eighteen months . ’ |
| 13 | I can have one of these now I 've been the worst I 've been for about six months I really ! |
| 14 | I do n't think he 'd been for about six month . |
| 15 | But it 's been for about two month now , but it 's |
| 16 | From the mid-'50s , where we 've been for quite some time , we 're suddenly into the '60s , 1961 in fact , and a finger-picked instrumental written by Chet Atkins , entitled Trambone . |
| 17 | Although our prediction had been for around 100 validations , based on the transfer of old courses , we will actually be involved in closer to 320 validations . |