Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [been] [adj] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I came to believe that I had been responsible for those terrible things , that I was to blame , that I must be very bad . |
| 2 | It frightens me , sir — I 've been frightened for more than a week now , and I just ca n't go on any longer . ’ |
| 3 | The , the thing is that I 've been concerned for some time when it 's finally helped , f f found for next month , because |
| 4 | As one who was teethed on the works of George Gaylord Simpson , I 've been bemused for several years by the supposed ‘ revisionist ’ implications of punctuation . |
| 5 | For this reason I have been convinced for some months that interest rates are too high and that they should start to be reduced at once . |
| 6 | The fact is , sir , that I have been alone for several years now . |
| 7 | She has been depressed for some time . |
| 8 | ‘ She has been unwell for some time ; she is liable to spells of nervous depression . |
| 9 | It was impossible to know whether he still believed she 'd been responsible for that . |
| 10 | She had been listless for some time and the woman could only hope that moving her right away from the influence of the people she went around with into these beautiful surroundings might bring her back to herself . |
| 11 | She had been homesick for this city , and the years of marriage to Nahum slipped away . |
| 12 | It had originally been left to her by a noted amateur ornithologist and eccentric with whom she had been friendly for many years . |
| 13 | As it was , this first ever trip on a narrow boat looked like being her last , and she had been asleep for most of it . |
| 14 | She had been ill for some time , and gradually realized that she needed more care than could be given by the community services . |
| 15 | She had been ill for some time and , driving back again to Cardiff to join my father , I reflected on the sadness that parents can never know what their children owe them . |
| 16 | For thirty-six years she had been convenient for this purpose . |
| 17 | If you are concerned that you might have been exposed to sources of infection , especially if you have been unwell for some time , you can discuss your concerns with your family doctor or antenatal clinic . |
| 18 | If you have been sedentary for some time and are not used to physical exertion , then you should begin slowly , walking for no more than 20 minutes every other day , at a pace which stretches you but does not overtire you . |
| 19 | ‘ The nurse tells me she 's been asleep for some time . ’ |
| 20 | Then Jimmy said well you know she 's been dead for many years and er she says , oh that 's right . |
| 21 | SHe 's been ready for this so-called ‘ work ’ since about the fourth day . |
| 22 | We have been aware for some years that the relational model and relational database systems have not been able to represent some real-world concepts and activities , and there have been many papers and conferences devoted to the study of extensions and refinements to the original model of Codd ( 1970 ) . |
| 23 | They had been married for more years than she and Rob had lived . |
| 24 | They had been dead for several days when police were called in by neighbours in the millionaire 's district of Rancho Sante Fe , near San Diego , California . |
| 25 | Each in his time has painted over the inheritance of his predecessor , but the Oak Leaf camps have remained because they have been necessary for each new Czar 's survival . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | Today he has been dead for several years , and still I have n't told the story . |
| 28 | It has been helpful for many in showing that complex medieval Latin plainchant can be simplified and adapted to modern English texts , whilst retaining the basic musical principles of the eight Gregorian modes . |
| 29 | It has been possible for many of us , for example , to respond to dance from quite other cultures , and to sculpture , carving and painting not only from other cultures but from other , often very remote , times . |
| 30 | It has been possible for some time to cruise down the Nile , or stay in some of the jewelled and painted palaces of Moghul India , or walk along the Great Wall of China . |