Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb base] [be] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Where I 've been for the past 200 years or so , we count ourselves lucky if we still have one . ’ |
| 2 | A good deal gives me the feeling that I have been for a nice seven-day trip to the Bahamas . ’ |
| 3 | There ought to be a space or an empty page or maybe even a change of typography to show that I have been for the past three and a half hours out in the streets or sitting full of thought on that gilded and trembling bridge over these lazy waters . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm better than I 've been for a long time . ’ |
| 5 | But I 'm in better shape than I have been for a long time . ’ |
| 6 | Now it is three months ’ rest and come the start of the 1991 season I 'll be ready to go again , more confident than I have been for a long time . |
| 7 | I 'm more optimistic than I have been for the past few years . ’ |
| 8 | All that you behold is for the most part , simply broadcasting equipment . |
| 9 | But if China really is now backing peace and free elections , the signs are more hopeful than they 've been for a decade . |
| 10 | My hon. Friend will note that German interest rates and ours are closer than they have been for a long time . |
| 11 | The territories that they inhabit are for the most part inhospitable , with some of the world 's highest mountains and large expanses of desert ; and levels of literacy have traditionally been low ( some of the nationalities concerned had no written language at all at the time of their incorporation into the USSR ) . |
| 12 | I mean if you speak three different languages you could use three different words to put the same sort of thought of a picture dog , chien , hound there 's probably an Italian and a and that but if you speak the languages then different words different codes if you like are for the same idea . |
| 13 | Oh , I wish I could have continued as I 've been for the last year or so , with no hopes or fears , and no pleasures and no sadness . ’ |
| 14 | McNab , who hit his first goal of the season , said : ‘ The second half was as poor as we have been for a long time but recent performances have been magnificent . |
| 15 | Obviously the standards are not satisfactory but they are the same as they have been for the last 30 years and they are of Mr Pritchard 's choosing . |