Example sentences of "he had been ill for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been ill for a short time and when uremic poisoning developed , he was moved to a private ward in the Moose Jaw General Hospital . |
| 2 | Even her father 's death a month ago had n't really affected her , because he had been ill for such a long time that nobody could be sorry that the end had come . |
| 3 | Stable jockey Chris Grant said : ‘ He had been ill for a long while , but carried on because his horses were his life . ’ |
| 4 | He had been ill for many months and his five-year term would not have been renewed at the National People 's Congress which starts on Monday . |
| 5 | He had been ill for some time . |
| 6 | He had been ill for some time , and passed away peacefully on 12 April . |