Example sentences of "been [verb] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And just in case any men out there still need to be convinced that cleanliness is next to Robert Redfordness , how about the tale of a friend of mine who was desperate to impress a woman he had been pursuing for weeks . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's been examined for fingerprints . |
| 3 | Even her departure had been delayed for weeks for want of the funds necessary to fit out her ship and escort . |
| 4 | Many developments have been delayed for years pending completion of new or improvements to existing sewage works . |
| 5 | It had long been a controversial issue and its approval had been delayed for years because of worries about the environmental consequences and the cost of the project . |
| 6 | The nation has always been aware of its pre-eminent position , and proud of a moral ascendancy in the political sphere which has been sustained for centuries . |
| 7 | To some degree they had already been catering for children with special needs . |
| 8 | As is often the case , some last-minute idea blossoms while what had seemed a brilliant solution and been pondered for ages falls quite flat . |
| 9 | The technique is best suited to hydrothermal systems older than 100 million years and has been proven for deposits as old as 1800 million years . |
| 10 | Two witnesses , his sister , Mrs Rosalie Temple , and a friend , Mr James Robson , said that Mr Smith was an old-fashioned farmer living in an old-fashioned world — a house which had n't been altered for decades and which still depended on spring water . |
| 11 | It 's been treated for burns but is expected to survive even without it 's mother . |
| 12 | His life was saved by his cell mate , who has also been treated for burns , but is now back behind bars . |
| 13 | For comparison , of the 27 homosexual men who seroconverted none had suffered from bacterial pneumonia , nor had any participant been treated for complications of his HIV infection . |
| 14 | This gives the guitarist the same facility for storing and recalling a library of sounds that keyboard players have been enjoying for years . |
| 15 | Capriati has been courted for months by IMG , whose promotion , coupled with success on court , will bring their teenage client millions of dollars . |
| 16 | Below them , a large group of human subjects had been circling for hours around a roller rink set among the trees . |
| 17 | My predecessor , Patrick Jenkin , had been pressed for savings and so too had his Labour predecessors , David Ennals and Barbara Castle . |
| 18 | As well as the centre 's fascinating nuclear power exhibition , a packed programme of special events has been arranged for visitors — which is how brave assistant information officer Diane Williams ended up getting the bird ! |
| 19 | Prayer Services at the Chaplaincy had been arranged for Mondays , Tuesdays and Thursdays . |
| 20 | The whole family are coming , it 's all been arranged for ages — and I 'm not there ! ’ |
| 21 | A further 40 percent of young people have been registered for jobs and training at careers offices for between two and six months . |
| 22 | Lift and drag have been calculated for tails spread to an apical angle of 120° . |
| 23 | FlexiLoan has been developed for customers who are looking for the freedom to spend , without the rigidity of a fixed loan . |
| 24 | A different system has been developed for companies whose product is packed in trays or boxes . |
| 25 | Langside 's programme for the general SVQ in technology at level II has been developed for pupils at two local schools , St Ninian 's High School and Woodfarm High School . |
| 26 | The Holgate school is a split-site Comprehensive in Hucknall , Nottinghamshire Information skills curricula have been developed for pupils throughout the school and are closely linked to the use of new technology . |
| 27 | That is essentially because of the change in labour relations and the encouragement that has been given for employers and the work force to work together . |
| 28 | Treatment had been given for periods ranging from two weeks to over 10 years . |
| 29 | McHale plans to use the extra £50,000 he has been given for players ' wages to good effect . |
| 30 | After two months , a settlement of 17 per cent was agreed , but the green light had been given for others to follow on . |