Example sentences of "had been [verb] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In patient 10 , who had been operated on for a bleeding ulcer seven years previously , a gastric lymphoma was diagnosed on the basis of biopsy specimens . |
| 2 | Earlier , with just seconds remaining of normal time , Mark Hughes had been sent off for a second bookable offence and his team mates then produced a magnificent display of courageous football to keep themselves in this tie . |
| 3 | Controls comprised 21 patients with ileal pouches constructed during the same period who had been followed up for a mean duration of 43 months ( range 15–119 months ) and who had had endoscopies that showed no evidence of active inflammation . |
| 4 | Some of the manuscript has been saved because it had been printed off for a friend to proof-read . |
| 5 | It proved to be a surprisingly accurate account of what in the event did happen , and is outlined here to illustrate the way in which , in one corner of Oxfordshire , changes which had been argued over for a decade could be effected in a relatively short time . |
| 6 | You might say that this thing had been brewing up for a long time , that the threat was there ; they had n't seen it . |
| 7 | But her deep tanned face had been lived in for a fistful of decades . |
| 8 | He said Mrs Mawdsley 's husband phoned him the following evening to say she had seen her doctor and had been signed off for a month . |
| 9 | By this time , Lou and Charlie had moved too — the business had been running down for a long period and there was no point in staying in a flat over a shop that did n't exist any more . |
| 10 | I realized that this was the same place Brian and I had been held in for a week in May 1988 before going to the Pit . |
| 11 | This was a house where four IRA men , surrounded by the police , had been holed up for a number of days . |
| 12 | She said it had been going on for a few months . ’ |
| 13 | Peter Tomlinson , inexperienced in television terms , had been brought in for a key " anchor " role and I could appreciate the excessive pressure on him . |