Example sentences of "[verb] been [adj] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Abercrombie has been incontinent for the last year and is unsuitable , now , for one of our houses . |
| 2 | Praxis , a 165-person concern founded in 1983 , sees the acquisition as a way of growing its business , which has been flat for the last few years . |
| 3 | Under the management of CEO Denis Brown , and financially re-structured ( UX No 402 ) , the company has been profitable for the last six quarters and is once again in growth mode , although margins are down and international sales weak . |
| 4 | In fact , the revenue has been stable for the last three years . |
| 5 | Sharon 's father has been unemployed for the last three years . |
| 6 | It was difficult to explain , but he 'd been uneasy for the last few minutes : not an emotion he 'd ever had much experience of before . |
| 7 | She had been married for the last two years , to a man who really was a sewage plant manager ( Slater was quite hurt that Graham thought he 'd invented this detail for the sake of a joke ) . |
| 8 | Bill Muggeridge , he noted with regret , had been free for the first hour , when Pumfrey and Fenniway had been busy with the Fromes , but was not free again until after lunch . |
| 9 | Well , it 's about why I 've been ex-directory for the last , er , twenty years . |
| 10 | Dave was off with his hernia Ross , Wayne Lindsay we 've not seen for a year , I mean I know things have been difficult for the last year |
| 11 | I says , I have been ready for the last week . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's amazing how many people who , when you catch them with their trousers down and take a formal sample , will say , ‘ It 's been beautiful for the last two years and just this , just yesterday that this thing went wrong and your chap happened to come . ’ |