Example sentences of "had been [verb] [adv prt] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the frustration and anger that had been bottled up for 16 years were suddenly out . |
| 2 | Toleration as wide-ranging as this would not have been acceptable in England , where hostility to Roman Catholicism had been building up for seventy years since Mary Tudor 's attempt to wipe out Protestantism . |
| 3 | The double bed had been made up for two and there were two pyjama cases — relics of a past time — one embroidered with the letter ‘ I ’ , the other with an ‘ A ’ . |
| 4 | Negotiations had been going on for 17 months before the strike . |
| 5 | Their success revealed the misunderstanding had been going on for six years . |
| 6 | Land nearby had been bought up for 300 workers ' houses . |
| 7 | Mr O'Malley said a decision had been put off for 48 hours to permit a special investigation of Mr Reynolds ' allegation by Irish High Court president Mr Justice Liam Hamilton . |