Example sentences of "been for [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Although the triple junctions identified in Africa , including those along the continental margin as well as those in the interior , have variously evolved by spreading along one , two or all three rift arms , the most common sequence has been for one arm to remain inactive and form an aulacogen , with spreading occurring along the other two ( Fig. 4.13 ) .
2 Sucralose might never have been discovered had it not been for two Tate & Lyle scientists who deployed a basic research technique — they tasted it .
3 But she brought them because it salved her conscience to bring something , and she had not been for two weeks now .
4 Yes dear I went to erm , er the er holiday camp in October to erm , er with the Red Cross and I went with the , Charlie took me and I went in a car with a friend of mine we went to the Red Cross holiday in Patefield , but it poured of rain every day every day it poured of rain did n't October it was terrible , ever so cold , but we were well looked after you know and I enjoyed it and we had the wheelchairs to go around in on for the dancing , it was really great I thoroughly enjoyed it , I have n't been for two years I had n't , but I went like in October , cos you 're only allowed really every two years to go , that 's all you 're allowed really , but I thoroughly enjoyed it you know , it was nice
5 So he 's been for two years .
6 Cos I have n't been for two years since I 've been to that one !
7 Has been for six years .
8 Of the temporary jobs concerned , nearly three quarters ( 70 per cent ) had been for six months or less ( Stern , 1982 ) .
9 " Scores of men are in a worse plight than they have been for thirty-seven years past " , admitted Harry Orbell , " The pawnshops are glutted .
10 He and his wife , Nellie , live in a Home in an outer city suburb where they 've been for fifteen months .
11 The PLO felt able to play what had been for fifteen years its ‘ last card ’ — recognition of Israel — because it had gained a stronger one through the Uprising .
12 You 're alright , you , you 've been for fifteen years
13 I mean the new areas of course for us er and I still count the medical practices as a new area although it 's been for four years
14 The mute swan population stands at the highest it has been for 40 years .
15 Scums defence is as dodgy now as its been for 3–4 years .
16 Although annual rail investment , at more than £1bn , is currently higher than it has been for three decades , that results from decisions taken two to three years ago .
17 You 're lucky , I have n't been for three days .
18 It was her idea to come here each summer , but she has n't been for three years now .
19 It has n't been for three years . "
20 I have n't been for three years .
21 ‘ Miss Kenton ’ is properly speaking ‘ Mrs Benn and has been for twenty years .
22 ‘ Do n't think this is merely habit , ’ he said , ‘ though habit it has been for twenty-five years .
23 In 1979 Mrs. Nancy O'Donnell also retired , having been for 23 years an indispensable part of School life — catering for numbers large or small , brewing tea and coffee , selling biscuits outside Room 18 , applying plasters to wounded knees or offering sympathy to wounded spirits .
24 The luncheon table was laid as it had been for 50 Christmases , with a pyramid of polished John Standish apples from Somerset in the middle , flanked by Christmas roses and trails of ivy .
25 His vocal chords abruptly haemorrhaged ; CBS TV dropped him , as did his agent MCA , and Columbia Records with whom he had been for ten years .
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