Example sentences of "been [vb pp] for a [adj] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Upton won their first game since the opening day of the season when they routed Winnington Park for 64 the season 's lowest score with groundsman Alex Kegg taking 4–18 after Upton had been dismissed for a modest 128 . |
| 2 | If what he says in the scum book is true then how could we let that happen , surely Blackburn could have been squeezed for a goodly 3 squiddlys . |
| 3 | A congested city has been selected for a detailed three month inquiry into its traffic problems . |
| 4 | I am very pleased to announce that , thanks to the generosity of the Wolfson Foundation and family charitable trust , the museums and galleries improvement fund has been extended for a further two years to 1995-96 . |
| 5 | A state of emergency in the Dnestr Republic had been extended for a further two months . |
| 6 | The package , which applied to the current fiscal year ( ending in March 1993 ) , was finally passed on Dec. 10 , after the special session of the Diet had been extended for a further two days . |
| 7 | Sir Hugh added that the Dragon offer has been extended for a further 14 days . |
| 8 | The temporary ‘ window of opportunity ’ which has made gifts of works of art and other property to US museums fully tax deductible since January 1991 , has been extended for a further eighteen months from July . |
| 9 | A prisoner who threw boiling water over a fellow inmate has been jailed for a further three and a half years . |