Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [adv] for the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 And now to a village where the church bells have been rung properly for the first time in twenty years .
2 The draw 's been made today for the first round of the FA Cup … and here 's
3 A NEW blood vessel ‘ drill ’ which can relieve blocked arteries supplying the heart has been used successfully for the first time by surgeons in Britain .
4 ( ii ) Second reading In his discussions with the Leader of the House relating to the Bill , the Minister will have arranged for certain times ( usually a day or two , but perhaps up to eight days ) to have been set aside for the second reading debate .
5 A party from the Ordnance Survey left after having been stationed here for the last six months .
6 In Western Europe the idea of attack by columns in close formation seems to have been put forward for the first time by the Chevalier de Folard in his Nouvelles Découvertes sur la Guerre ( 1724 ) .
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