Example sentences of "been [verb] for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were two posts allocated for social workers , but these had not been filled for a long time . |
| 2 | This has been recognized for a long time . |
| 3 | The prizewinner was presented with a cup , which had been given for the first time in 1987 . |
| 4 | The new items adopt a structured problem-based approach to the many different marital difficulties that people face , and information on the cultural and religious framework , which may affect options open to ethnic minority clients , has been included for the first time . |
| 5 | He was devastated when he discovered his premises had been attacked for the second time . |
| 6 | Electric lighting and heating have been installed for the first time , but all fittings have been concealed as much as possible and all the original oil lamps and 19th century pews have been retained . |
| 7 | He said Thompson had been involved in a traffic accident in which he had suffered a head injury and been concussed for a short time . |
| 8 | Obviously a tall , long-legged person will need a big horse ; I recently sold a 17.3hh gelding to a man of six foot eight who had been looking for a long time ! |
| 9 | This is especially valuable where a job has been done for a long time by the same person . |
| 10 | Now , after quite a shore period , the locomotive has been steamed for the first time and is almost in working order . |
| 11 | Two brick arches put up to channel the waters of an underground river have been uncovered for the first time in nearly two hundred years . |
| 12 | I 've been saving for a long time with Alma |
| 13 | I 've been pushing for a long time but erm down here ? |
| 14 | The Railway 's annual spring Enthusiasts ' Weekend — normally held two weeks before Easter — has been moved for the first time in its 20-year history . |
| 15 | The clothes had not been disturbed for a long time and were as thick and tangled as jungle foliage . |
| 16 | I 'm sure that if he had said something he never have betrayed the pain he had been guarding for a long time . |
| 17 | ‘ I have been waiting for a long time to get my hands on this one ’ , a review of Nicolson by Kingsley Amis began . |
| 18 | The windows have been cleaned for the first time in a year , and what with my contact lenses ( which I 've had since Christmas ) , the view is much improved . |
| 19 | Whilst this process may , for this model , take up to 20 iterations to achieve an acceptable assembly from a disjointed starting point , once an association has been accomplished for the first time and , if only small disturbances are imposed , re-association may be accomplished in as few as three attempts . |
| 20 | OUSTED councillor Ralph Knight has been snubbed for the second time in two months by members of his own party , it was revealed last night . |
| 21 | Because he thought that he was dealing with the National Press rather than simply a few local people whom he had been ignoring for a considerable time , the Mayor responded to direct questioning , even if he did not change his colours . |
| 22 | it does n't matter because all of them are as it happens fairly er new and indeed as Kevin says quite correctly , dry because they have n't been used for a long time . |
| 23 | which again has been used for a long time on animals . |
| 24 | Dust layered the bottom of the chamber pot ; it had not been used for a long time and was probably meant for show . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , perhaps because of the procedural problems outlined above , Article 100A(4) appears to have been used for the first time only in 1992 , in relation to German legislation banning the use of PCP ( pentachlorophenol ) despite the fears expressed at the time the Single European Act was signed that it would destroy the Court 's achievements in this sphere . |
| 26 | Evidence collected by a new computer-controlled water monitoring and sampling device developed by the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) has been used for the first time to prosecute a company for polluting a waterway . |
| 27 | Wolfgang had begun work on an operatic version of Beaumarchais ' controversial play Le Mariage de Figaro , which had been performed for the first time in Paris the year before . |
| 28 | Some ore was so intermixed with gangue however , that the concentration by hand was extremely laborious and the mill must have been needed for a long time . |
| 29 | I think it 's been closed for a long time actually . |
| 30 | HOUSE has been called for the last time at the Mecca bingo hall in Middlesbrough and its future is now uncertain . |