Example sentences of "been [verb] [verb] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , attempts have been made to make up for this by the development of other devices such as question time , ten-minute rule bills and the practice of asking wide-ranging questions each Thursday when the business for the following week is announced . |
| 2 | Dealers have been alerted to look out for 250 items snatched from an exclusive house in London 's Belgravia . |
| 3 | Sources in the US say Data General will this week take the wrapping off the eight-way AViiON multi-processors it has been dropping hints about for some time ( UX No 389 ) . |
| 4 | She had already been allowed to stay on for two years beyond the age when she would normally have had to retire . |
| 5 | He says the county council has been trying to find out for 6 years about the planning of the east-west route because we were very worried about the effect it would have on Oxford and the countryside around Oxford . |
| 6 | Look forward to your future with optimism , even though you may have been feeling held back for some time . |