Example sentences of "they [vb past] been [verb] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They posed for photographers at the star-studded show , giving the lie to rumours they had been separated for several weeks . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | When they had been seated for some time Titch said : ‘ I suppose you 've heard the news ? ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | To judge by the clutter of bottles , glasses , and over-filled ashtrays , and the brooding , weary faces , they had been debating for many hours . |
| 6 | He realised they had been watching for some minutes before he noticed them . |
| 7 | She had brought glasses and dishes from home , she said ; they had been boxed for many years too long . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | But they had been chosen for some little time already . |
| 10 | 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 . |