Example sentences of "and [verb] [be] for " in BNC.

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1 I 'm not one to do double somersaults — I 'm not that acrobatic — but he 's one of the best in the country and has been for a long time .
2 These attitudes are in striking contrast to the British tradition , where party conflict is the primary institutional feature of Westminster and has been for over a century .
3 It 's all locked away , you know , Mr Michell , and has been for generations .
4 ‘ Miss Kenton ’ is properly speaking ‘ Mrs Benn and has been for twenty years .
5 And has been for over 40 years .
6 No , the fact remains that malaria is on the increase and has been for a number of years now .
7 If a child is sniffing with a group of young people , and has been for some time , it may help to provide other more interesting and exciting leisure activities .
8 According to Spicker , this debate is ‘ moribund and has been for years ’ .
9 Do n't because there is at present , and has been for a good many years past , almost nowhere to publish the stories you may write .
10 But this is my dwelling place and has been for nearly four months now .
11 There is indeed , and has been for some years , discussion on the political level as to whether , and to what extent , public transport , particularly in capital cities , should be regarded , and financed , as a social service , out of taxation whether national or local .
12 ‘ The Khanate is settled , and has been for some time , ’ his father said dismissively .
13 It is in the system and has been for as long as I can recall .
14 And as I said , Mrs Mary she 's the national treasurer and has been for over thirty years .
15 ‘ Hopkins 's sister is a widow and has been for many a year , ’ the fellow replied .
16 For one thing , Kelly 's very happily involved in a relationship and has been for some time , so I 'm quite convinced her eyes wo n't stray towards any ski-bums , no matter how handsome . ’
17 Nine tenths of the Leicester ring road is finished and has been for some years .
18 I know that that is not entirely agreeable to some of my hon. Friends and to some Opposition Members , but that is the fact of life — and has been for many years .
19 ‘ Sir Ralph Grunte , and has been for as long as I can remember . ’
20 In fact , the tea 's all set in the dining-room as usual and has been for … let me see ’ — she put her head on one side — ‘ how many years ? ’
21 She keeps busy with local activities and has been for many years editor of her church magazine .
22 Erm the certification of the flight control system is the critical path item and has been for some considerable time .
23 It also puts money into the Yorkshire and Humberside Development Association which is wholly involved and has been for the last two years in trying to get large scale erm strategic inward investment into the county , and erm it is a erm awkwardness I think that it 's best to be open about that the planning policy of the county is out of tune with the day factor activities of the economic development side of the of the county council .
24 Bob Gunnell , of course , is an was and has been for some time a very supportive member of South East Arts and active in many of its committees .
25 The time-consuming tasks of keeping families clean and fed were for the most part carried out with wholly inadequate equipment in depressing surroundings .
26 I mean , your record is for sitting at home and listening to and live is for taking it somewhere different . ’
27 All we do and say and think is for our country and our King .
28 He was drinking like a fish , and had been for weeks .
29 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 .
30 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 .
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