Example sentences of "but [adj] have [been] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that has been happening for hundreds of years . |
| 2 | But that has been happening for hundreds of years . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | But all had been prepared for them . |
| 5 | A few have become derelict as smaller farms have been taken over by the larger conglomerates but many have been restored for non-farming families : that is , those which have not got past the point of no return after being left open to the four winds for too many years ; fit only for pigeon habitation . |
| 6 | About half of the patients had been waiting for their notes for less than six weeks , but 19 had been waiting for over six months , 14 for over a year , and six for over two years . |