Example sentences of "been [adj] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt heavy-lidded and drowsy , as if she had been asleep for a week . |
| 2 | He wondered whether he 'd been asleep for a while , or just deep in thought . |
| 3 | ‘ You must have been asleep for a very long time , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ It feels like I 've been asleep for a long , long time . |
| 5 | You 've been asleep for a long time . ’ |
| 6 | This fairy castle in the clouds has been asleep for a hundred years and the briars are beginning to take over . |
| 7 | I 've been asleep for an hour . |
| 8 | I had been poorly for a while and could n't eat and the doctor thought it may be appendicitis so he sent me to Darlington Hospital . |
| 9 | Newark 's recently-completed Avro Anson C.19 VL348 has been short-listed for an award in the Scania Transport Trust Award Scheme . |
| 10 | the cabin is smart and modern , and the panel well-stocked … but we would have been grateful for an autopilot . |
| 11 | The IBOA is very conscious of the fact that this issue has been outstanding for a considerable length of time and it is hoped that the proposals will pave the way for a speedy resolution to the problem . |
| 12 | In certain circumstances it might have been preferable for a beneficiary to have a real action , in which case he would press for interpretation as a legacy . |
| 13 | Thick weathering mantles will only form in regions of minimal local relief where rates of erosion have been low for a prolonged period . |
| 14 | Without this control it would have been possible for a Committee with a bondholding minority to make bad decisions to the cost of the Bondholders . |
| 15 | Under these circumstances , it would have been possible for a ship sailing south from Thera to dock at Dia , unload and set sail again for destinations to the east or west . |
| 16 | If it had been possible for a bird to stop still with surprise in the air , and stay exactly where it was , that rook would have done it then . |
| 17 | At other times it has been possible for an individual to bring foreign coins or bullion to the mint and receive it back as coinage ( minus a fee ) . |
| 18 | She said the house had been damp for a year and she had complained to the council on numerous occasions . |
| 19 | Many attempts have been made in the House to reform the private Bill procedure and many of them have collapsed because it has always been easier for a private measure to be introduced . |
| 20 | Well it would of been easier for a woman to answer would n't it ? |
| 21 | It must have been distasteful for a man whose principles were always of the very highest . |
| 22 | But I 'd been careful for a long time before that , because I 'd sensed something . |
| 23 | If you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long time you have two additional problems to overcome . |
| 24 | If you have been unemployed for a while seek retraining as a first step to a new , positive attitude . |
| 25 | At the very least , the discipline of being involved in some form of training will help counteract the feeling of lethargy that creeps over many people who have been unemployed for a long while — a characteristic which is very counterproductive in an interview . |
| 26 | To summarize : if you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long period : |
| 27 | The first seven members of the Roseberry co-operative had been unemployed for an average of five years and seven months when they began working on the Langridge Crescent site , and their growing band of colleagues has continued to include those frequently bypassed by mainstream employers in the construction industry : a deaf and dumb carpenter , a former labourer with a history of heart trouble , a young woman training to be a painter and others . |
| 28 | So do I. To anyone capable of seeing beyond a county bank balance , it has been clear for a number of years that there is too much limited-overs cricket played by the counties and that the present mix of three and four-day Championship games is not only confusing , especially now that they start on different days of the week , but also unnecessarily exhausting for all involved . |
| 29 | It has been clear for a long time that where land adjoining the highway is unintentionally entered , i.e. as a result of a car accident , that the plaintiff must prove negligence ( River Wear Commissioners v Adamson ( 1877 ) 2 App Cas 743 ) . |
| 30 | As I see him sitting there now , sheltered under a derelict building 's covered way , one which has been empty for a tedious never-ending era , with an unchangeable lifestyle , erected for nothing but with such a prospect for life , if used properly . |