Example sentences of "and have [been] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I 'm not one to do double somersaults — I 'm not that acrobatic — but he 's one of the best in the country and has been for a long time .
2 Do n't because there is at present , and has been for a good many years past , almost nowhere to publish the stories you may write .
3 It also puts money into the Yorkshire and Humberside Development Association which is wholly involved and has been for the last two years in trying to get large scale erm strategic inward investment into the county , and erm it is a erm awkwardness I think that it 's best to be open about that the planning policy of the county is out of tune with the day factor activities of the economic development side of the of the county council .
4 My suit case was ready packed and had been for the last week .
5 Every night was a milestone , and had been for the past fifteen years .
6 Her students , she says , are well prepared for Europe , and have been for a long time .
7 The S A S have operated in Northern Ireland and have been for a long time .
8 ‘ Considerable amounts are being spent on replacing them with better services , and have been for the past few years .
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