Example sentences of "been for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here in Scotland I 'm old enough to get married without my parent 's permission , and have been for a year . |
| 2 | Britain 's Jackie Stewart carried on where Clark left off and , had it not been for a decision to retire early , could have dominated the sport longer than he did , and could well have added to his collection of three world titles . |
| 3 | She would have recovered some of her old high spirits if it had not been for a bout of measles and turning more and more to alcohol . |
| 4 | Have you ever been for a tour around a busy airport ? |
| 5 | During my blue period my life also seemed to become a lot more structured than it had been for a while . |
| 6 | them two have not been for a while so they 've crossed off so , you have another |
| 7 | then that and he just bring me pack of cards you know er but er that 's how it 's been for a while you know if I thought well being a sh that that 's now we 've done it it 's a pity we 've not got , mind you I mean it can go potty again in a few years . |
| 8 | She said she had n't been for a while and erm then she said they did n't really know , they wondered how she was gon na get on in the water . |
| 9 | Well the window cleaner 's not been for a while has he ? |
| 10 | The Flying Scot would probably have made the move before now — if it had n't been for a pact Laughton made when he left Widnes sixteen months ago . |
| 11 | I was just gon na say , some sometimes , I have n't been for a bit mind you , oh , well the last time I went , sometimes I go to Wales to Blaenau Ffestiniog or to congregation |
| 12 | That 'll be nice cos we have n't been for a bit have we ? |
| 13 | But we had nobody been for a couple of times , now . |
| 14 | The 1480s show an average comparable with the 1430s , although this figure is probably depressed by the bad years of 1482 and 1483 in the latter year prices were higher than they had been for a century , and wages did not rise proportionately . |
| 15 | It was brought home to Charles for the first time how much of a strain the last weeks must have been for a girl of her age . |
| 16 | One afternoon after they had been for a swim together , Sycorax said , as Ariel took her on her back again , grunting for the old woman had grown so much heavier , it seemed , since her immersion , ‘ You are having the red man 's child . ’ |
| 17 | His damp hair was slicked back as if he 'd recently been for a swim or taken a shower . |
| 18 | It had been necessary to handle the appointment rather delicately , as when the post was originally advertised it had been for a boys ' school , 600 strong ; with the anticipated changes this would soon develop into a co-educational establishment of up to 1,000 . |
| 19 | But if China really is now backing peace and free elections , the signs are more hopeful than they 've been for a decade . |
| 20 | Nader Nadirpur came home late having been for a drive along the Bois de Boulogne to calm his nerves after a particularly bad day . |
| 21 | The sky was clearer than it had been for a week , and massive , but hardly elegant , Storskarfjell stood out like a white tent . |
| 22 | She had consulted an astrologer once before , even if it had only been for a lark , so why not consult another one now ? |
| 23 | These ranged from switching to Highers in non-science subjects when the original intention had been SCE/GCE science to a degree in building and surveying when the original application had been for a place on an access course in science and technology . |
| 24 | Just even I 've been for a wee ! |
| 25 | He was a huge man in his early thirties who had been for a time a heavyweight boxer . |
| 26 | Last time it had been for a length of dress material . |
| 27 | r er Northampton and then finally I went to Rushden , and er this top one , , and his mate come out of the toilet , been for a smoke , and er walking by I said hey Les , look at this , and I spun the cam round and it went bang and stopped dead . |
| 28 | In another study , this time of one village Ringmer in Sussex , which had doubled in size from around 2,000 inhabitants in 1961 to 4,000 in 1971 , Ambrose ( 1974 ) found that the main reason for migration to the village had been for a job , or to be within commuting range of a job , thus confirming that the main reason for migration , as already outlined earlier in this chapter , is economic , but also that the most dominant newcomers are Pahl 's ‘ spiralists ’ . |
| 29 | Following my economically truthful pronouncements on the local meteorological trends ( I had already been for a pee ) , he reluctantly committed himself to an extended struggle with frozen boots and gaiters , muttering foul oaths about his much vaunted , but now soaked , pair of newly customised salopettes . |
| 30 | Lucker drops out of nowhere having been for a pee . |