Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] been in [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 When they finally moved out their successors found the floor covered with six layers of linoleum — the bottom ones must have been in position for many a long year !
2 To belong , a dealer must have been in business for three years and have a proven reputation for expertise .
3 If I 'd come when you first asked me , I might have been in Saracen for an entire month : I 'd probably have no job to come back to . ’
4 From this point on he might have been in Oz for all he knew .
5 A discrete block of land may have been in existence for a long time before it was first described in a written document .
6 New courses appear every year to compete with those which are already on the market ( some of which may have been in use for many years ) and which are quite successful in their various ways .
7 Janet adds : ‘ Before the idea of the ‘ drop-in ’ centre , we would have been forced to admit the mother and she would have been in hospital for a few days .
8 As a schoolboy it was thought he would have been in line for an International cap had the war not prevented all that .
9 ‘ In May next year she will have been in remission for five years , ’ explains her mum .
10 By the next general election ( say 1 991 ) the Conservatives will have been in office for sixteen of the twenty-one years since 1970 .
11 This order now provides for the full year 's 4.1 per cent increase to be applied from April to the October rates , even though they will have been in place for only six months .
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