Example sentences of "have be [verb] for [det] week " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brian Clough has been trying for several weeks to recapture the man he sees as a key player in his fight to lift Forest off the bottom of the Premier League . |
| 2 | Mr Bell said : ‘ My programme has been set for many weeks and every day is tied up . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ At the alleged places of detention , ’ Mr Ahtisaari said , ‘ the facilities were found to have been stripped of all valuable material and not to have been inhabited for several weeks at least . ’ |
| 4 | They posed for photographers at the star-studded show , giving the lie to rumours they had been separated for several weeks . |
| 5 | Many had been decomposing for several weeks . |
| 6 | It would have been more usual to have asked her with careful casualness to wait behind after the meeting but what he had to say was private and he had been trying for some weeks now to cut down the number of times when they were known to be alone together . |
| 7 | We had been affianced for some weeks . ’ |
| 8 | Even the shirts which had been left for many weeks in my laundry out-tray responded to the punishment it dished out . |
| 9 | Several aspects of the reshuffle , which had been expected for several weeks , were attacked by opposition groups who demanded greater reductions . |
| 10 | I 've been meaning for many weeks now to pass on 's French address , which filtered through to us in January — but of course you may already have had it from or heard from Janet yourself . |
| 11 | ‘ But the win over Wimbledon means that our hopes have been extended for another week and we are still in the ball game . |