Example sentences of "had been [verb] for weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even her departure had been delayed for weeks for want of the funds necessary to fit out her ship and escort . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It had been waiting for weeks . |
| 4 | Other Western diplomats , local journalists and most political analysts claimed , however , that the coup had been rumoured for weeks and had a level of sophistication far greater than that expected from mostly illiterate soldiers in the ranks . |
| 5 | His flat had been closed for weeks and the fridge was empty . |
| 6 | The Lakeland fells had been baked for weeks under cloudless skies ; the becks were dry and the tarns warm enough to give refreshing dips . |
| 7 | THEY had been nit-picking for weeks . |