Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] have [been] [adj] for " in BNC.

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1 Sources close to the investigation suggest it has been dormant for some months and that it produced no conclusions one way or the other .
2 It was impossible to know whether he still believed she 'd been responsible for that .
3 About twenty years after the sack of Aurae Phiala , Honorius finally issued an edict that recognised what had been true for nearly a century .
4 Then Jimmy said well you know she 's been dead for many years and er she says , oh that 's right .
5 Police believe he has been responsible for similar crimes in Manchester and Accrington , Lancashire .
6 find it had been better for them to have left their in the bank !
7 In areas with long nursery waiting lists it has been usual for governors to establish admission panels drawn from their own members .
8 When her father died it had been necessary for her to do some kind of work and the training in librarianship had seemed the most suitable .
9 She knew it had been hard for her Mother when her Father had shipped her off to the United States to escape the war .
10 Ask Clint whether he feels it has been tough for his kids having a superstar dad and he looks cagey : ‘ Everyone worries about their kids .
11 I think I have been dead for a long time now .
12 I think he 'd been better for a long time on and off
13 She asked after you and was pleased when I told her how well your business was doing and that you seemed in good spirits since she said she had been anxious for you .
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