Example sentences of "have been for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of them , perhaps , were doctors , government servants of one degree or another ; a few were farmers ( I can think of one , still remembered ) and some were just friends , as I myself have been for the Bakgatia and , I hope , for the whole new country of Botswana . |
| 2 | There ought to be a space or an empty page or maybe even a change of typography to show that I have been for the past three and a half hours out in the streets or sitting full of thought on that gilded and trembling bridge over these lazy waters . |
| 3 | I 'm more optimistic than I have been for the past few years . ’ |
| 4 | Some of the Government 's changes have been for the better . |
| 5 | Half of all the records since 1947 have been for the period mid-February to mid-April , particularly March , with 30 per cent. , which suggests that there is a fairly regular , although small , spring movement through the county . |
| 6 | As far as is known all the records have been for the period spring to autumn . |
| 7 | Wintering birds favour coastal farmland and marshes and a high proportion of recent records have been for the Selsey peninsular , the Beachy Head area , and from Rye to the Midrips . |
| 8 | ‘ Considerable amounts are being spent on replacing them with better services , and have been for the past few years . |
| 9 | The German study spells out how catastrophic the last 15 years have been for the now emasculated British industry . |
| 10 | If it had n't have been for the policeman there would have been untold carnage . ’ |
| 11 | And would it be impolite of me to enquire exactly where you and the other officers have been for the last eight hours ? ’ |
| 12 | Obviously the standards are not satisfactory but they are the same as they have been for the last 30 years and they are of Mr Pritchard 's choosing . |