Example sentences of "and [vb past] [be] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The time-consuming tasks of keeping families clean and fed were for the most part carried out with wholly inadequate equipment in depressing surroundings . |
| 2 | He was drinking like a fish , and had been for weeks . |
| 3 | A recent divorce petition cited the fact that just about every wall , fitment and piece of furniture in the home was in a half-dismantled or half-done state and had been for years . |
| 4 | The initial impetus came from the Managing Director of one of the largest of the Harris Tweed manufacturers — the son of a crofter and himself a fisherman in his early days The Association was , however , given its distinctive shape and its constitution by the first chairman , Rev. Ian Carmichael , a Gaelic-speaker from Lismore who was a minister in Stornoway at the time , and who had had considerable experience of welfare work in industry , and had been for some years vice convener of one of the largest local authorities in Scotland . |
| 5 | For instance , the single person 's National Insurance retirement pension in 1990 is worth 26 per cent more than unemployment benefit , whereas back in 1972 they were paid at the same rate and had been for most of the period since 1948 . |
| 6 | Every night was a milestone , and had been for the past fifteen years . |
| 7 | While there clearly was an ‘ objective ’ discontinuity of subject perspective between selective school mathematics and the practice of some segments , increasingly dominant within some countries , of university mathematics , and had been for some years , it again required interested actors , utilizing the climate of ‘ crisis ’ resulting from the campaign on teacher supply as a major resource , to enter various arenas in order to persuade others of the ‘ need ’ for change . |
| 8 | The powerful states of the time normally were empires , and had been for many centuries , though a few shadowy forerunners of the nation state could be seen by 1500 . |
| 9 | These limitation terms were incorporated in all contracts between seedsmen and farmers and had been for many years . |
| 10 | My suit case was ready packed and had been for the last week . |
| 11 | No , it was Marguerite Bryant now and had been for over fifteen years . |
| 12 | I knew only that it was dark , and had been for some while . |