Example sentences of "been [adj] [prep] [adj] weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He has been outstanding for several weeks now — and he 's got real pace , which you ca n't find these days , never mind buy it . |
| 2 | The following table shows where a sample of school-leavers who had either been on a government Youth Opportunities Scheme ( YOPS ) or been unemployed for six weeks by the beginning of October 1978 had ended up by April 1979 . |
| 3 | When Esther visited Alix and Sebastian , they had been married for three weeks , and the marriage had been consummated . |
| 4 | They 've been available for two weeks at 350 Oxfam shops . |
| 5 | Business at Texas has been disappointing in recent weeks after a good start to the year , chairman Cyril Stein said . |
| 6 | Gooch has been unwell for several weeks , playing in the first Test at Calcutta with a chest infection that should have ruled him out , missing the three-day match at Vishakhapatnam because he still felt weak , and then pulling out of the second Test at Madras after his infamous encounter with a poisonous prawn . |
| 7 | I 've been bad for two weeks |