Example sentences of "they [vb past] been [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When they 'd been separated for ten years , ’ said Mr Brownlow , ‘ your father met another family . |
| 2 | They posed for photographers at the star-studded show , giving the lie to rumours they had been separated for several weeks . |
| 3 | Bernard and Laura escaped on to their sailing boat for much of the summer , a yacht they had been enjoying for some years now , and they pottered around Mykonos in Greece . |
| 4 | When they had been seated for some time Titch said : ‘ I suppose you 've heard the news ? ’ |
| 5 | He went from house to house dragging two metal ingots and everybody was amazed to see pots , pans , tongs and braziers tumble down from their places and beams creak from the desperation of nails and screws trying to emerge , and even objects that had been lost for a long time appeared from where they had been searched for most and went dragging along in turbulent confusion behind Melquíades ' magical irons . |
| 6 | Uscfrea and Yffi died in infancy in Gaul among the Franks , where they had been sent for greater safety ( HE 11 , 20 ) . |
| 7 | Yet they were now learning to kiss as if they had been made for one another , she thought in panic . |
| 8 | To judge by the clutter of bottles , glasses , and over-filled ashtrays , and the brooding , weary faces , they had been debating for many hours . |
| 9 | They had been flying for 16 hours 12 minutes , had survived two bad storms and had flown over 1,800 miles of ocean . |
| 10 | He realised they had been watching for some minutes before he noticed them . |
| 11 | She had brought glasses and dishes from home , she said ; they had been boxed for many years too long . |
| 12 | A judge told William Sim and David Todd that they had been playing for high stakes and had to pay the penalty . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't know what he meant , ’ Allen said after they had been walking for some time on the soft turf at the verge of the track . |
| 14 | They had been waiting for high water so that they could sail alongside in a civilised manner . |
| 15 | The young revolutionary , whom they had been trailing for sixteen hours a day , was proving less useful than Cowley had hoped , not leading them to any of his more dangerous colleagues . |
| 16 | He really did n't think the Revolution was anything more than a few peasants kicking up a fuss , like they had been doing for hundreds of years . |
| 17 | Often they had been laid for commercial purposes , including coal mining , but were becoming disused . |
| 18 | But they had been chosen for some little time already . |
| 19 | They had been provided for many years by the YWCA , and other urban based and normally middle class-run charitable societies dispensing relief and assistance . |