Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [been] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nationality rule was a beautiful get-out for them , but I only had a few months to go before I 'd been here for ten years and would have been entitled to fight for the title . |
| 2 | ‘ But I 'd been home for two hours when Silvia got back . |
| 3 | The girl had been missing for what — a week ? — and off-hand he agreed with the local man 's judgement that she had been here for most of it . |
| 4 | She had been here for twenty minutes , during which time Alida Thorne had backtracked and made difficulties , pretended not to understand . |
| 5 | I told him about my uncle after we 'd been together for six months and , though he was outraged , I persuaded him not to confront Joe or tell anyone . |
| 6 | Then at the hotel , he was recognized and before we had been there for five minutes Radio Gibraltar was down to interview him . |
| 7 | They 'd been together for eighteen months or more , and she had no one else . |
| 8 | They had been there for six months , the duration of their marriage . |
| 9 | They had been together for six months but fell out when he told her he wanted to see more of his friends . |
| 10 | And again when they had been together for two years and he was still seeing other women : ‘ They were my protection against these feelings I had for her , ’ he said . |
| 11 | He 'd been here for forty-odd years , so he was the chap behind me , if you like . |
| 12 | and he 'd been away for three months so that you know I mean |
| 13 | He 'd had himself painted and sculptured again and again , and he 'd been there for all the world to see . |
| 14 | He 'd been there for some time . |
| 15 | Keith Sutton , prosecuting on behalf of Sefton Council 's Public Protection Department , told the court there was sufficient oil in the insect to suggest it had been there for some time . |
| 16 | He had been away for some hours . |
| 17 | There may be occasions when it is quite right or entirely understandable that an asylum applicant did not make his claim until he had been here for some time . |
| 18 | ‘ He had been there for two nights , sinking deeper and deeper , ’ but the troops , obsessed by their own suffering , passed by without so much as casting a glance at the wretched beast . |
| 19 | He looked as though he had been there for some time , and Shelley had a funny feeling that he was looking studiously down to hide the fact that he had been listening at the door to her conversation with Mrs Richards . |
| 20 | Lindsey and Pete had started talking about having a baby when she was fourteen , and did so the following year : Pete and me had been together for eleven months and loved each other more than words could say . |