Example sentences of "[det] [vb past] been [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There should have been a large timber column but this had been removed for some reason many years ago and led to the roof sagging some 4 ’ . |
| 2 | Some had been waiting for more than an hour , arriving while it was still dark and the little windows of the cells were still lit . |
| 3 | All had been festering for many years . |
| 4 | Many had been decomposing for several weeks . |
| 5 | The decrease in spot density with age observed in patients with constipation is not therefore an age related factor , but is most probably related to the duration of the symptoms as most had been constipated for many years . |