Example sentences of "been [adj] for a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I see him sitting there now , sheltered under a derelict building 's covered way , one which has been empty for a tedious never-ending era , with an unchangeable lifestyle , erected for nothing but with such a prospect for life , if used properly . |
| 2 | Again , given the story 's setting and plot , it would have been easy for an insular national chauvinism to have been the prevailing tone . |
| 3 | In the meantime , plans had been afoot for a combined British and American force , known as the Allied First Army , to land on French North African shores — this occurred on 8th , November 1942 , and those forces moved eastward towards the advancing British Eighth Army . |
| 4 | The modus vivendi was not signed , but it was promulgated in January 1948 in the minutes of the Combined Policy Committee so as to avoid reference to Congress or to the United Nations , which would have been necessary for a formal international agreement . |
| 5 | I 've not been bad for a long long time . |