Example sentences of "i have been [vb pp] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within minutes the car was free , and before I could thank the young farmer I 'd been invited back for a cup of tea and some hot broth . |
| 2 | I wish you and I had been tied together for ever ! ’ |
| 3 | Mat. 's door , in my own mind I had been slung out for encouraging unseemly behaviour from a male patient and was miserably working on the choice of my next career . |
| 4 | I realized that this was the same place Brian and I had been held in for a week in May 1988 before going to the Pit . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been fed up for the last few years and people have been telling me I am in danger of wasting my time . |
| 6 | But , by and large , and Wanda was an exception , all the things in life that I 've most enjoyed have been the things that I 've been paid really very little for , and most of the things that I 've been paid most for have been the least interesting . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been arrested twice for blowing the horn , ’ he explained . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , ’ he said , ‘ I 've been let down for tonight . |
| 9 | I have been lost here for eight years . ’ |