Example sentences of "[vb past] been [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 'd been married for nearly forty years , did you know that ? ’ she said in a small voice . |
| 2 | He had , in fact , treated her as a man might well treat a wife to whom he 'd been married for some years — a relaxed , comfortable relationship in which there was no need for any outward signs of affection . |
| 3 | As the shop manager pointed out , it was the third time that month she 'd been late for work , and if they had n't needed her to turn up on time , they would n't have hired her in the first place . |
| 4 | I 'd been house-sitting for Nassim Nassim 's cousin Sunil in Leytonstone for a week now , which meant that the five-day house-warming party where all my so-called friends drop in to see how I 'm coping , how much booze I 've laid on and what the music centre 's like , had come to an end . |
| 5 | It was difficult to explain , but he 'd been uneasy for the last few minutes : not an emotion he 'd ever had much experience of before . |
| 6 | Wilson identified with his father , to the extent of wanting to have genital , genital contact with him , since Wilson saw his father as the author of all his skills , his strength and all that he 'd been grateful for . |
| 7 | He wondered whether he 'd been asleep for a while , or just deep in thought . |
| 8 | She felt as though she 'd been asleep for about five minutes ! |
| 9 | He went on a while about the various tests but where he came out was that she 'd been dead for at least five days , and seven was perfectly possible . |
| 10 | Even though she 'd been dead for so long it could sometimes seem that she was still with him , a presence in the next room , someone on the other side of a door who waited and listened but who never stepped through , except when he dreamed . |
| 11 | He 'd been dead for several hours . |
| 12 | But I 'd been careful for a long time before that , because I 'd sensed something . |
| 13 | ‘ She 'd been ill for a long time . |
| 14 | Oh he 'd been ill for about six months I think , but erm |
| 15 | It was impossible to know whether he still believed she 'd been responsible for that . |
| 16 | There was a sort of thirstiness about Julia 's immersion in the conversation , as though she 'd been parched for a long time . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd been miserable for a long time . |
| 18 | But she never suspecting it was , you know , when they 'd been alright for seven years you |
| 19 | British Airways staff are fantastic , whatever class you travel , and plied Kenneth with enough booze to soften the effect of two Sun journalists who approached us for a story and picture after we 'd been airborne for about eight hours . |
| 20 | For almost two months he 'd been worried for his son . |
| 21 | But he was also a healthy adult male with an appetite for life , an appetite he was accustomed to feeding , and he 'd been hungry for too long . |
| 22 | Even the Darwinian theory of evolution was impressive , not because the concept of evolution was new — it had been familiar for decades — but because it provided for the first time a satisfactory explanatory model for the origin of species , and did so in terms which were entirely familiar even to non-scientists , since they echoed the most familiar concept of the liberal economy , competition . |
| 23 | Polly 's bright cotton skirt and sleeveless white broderie anglaise top had been perfect for shopping in the balmy warmth . |
| 24 | Now , late on Sunday afternoon , people were saying that the weather had been perfect for both days of the two-day Show . |
| 25 | It had originally been left to her by a noted amateur ornithologist and eccentric with whom she had been friendly for many years . |
| 26 | Generally , the products were made of plane/sycamore wood that had been seasoned for about 6 months . |
| 27 | He had found a niche at once with the men , but she told Julia that she had been unhappy for months , struggling with the other women to force local villagers to disgorge food , humping it back up to the camp and preparing it under extraordinarily difficult conditions . |
| 28 | But there was humour in her tone , and a sparkle in her lovely eyes , and the mouth that had been unhappy for so long now curved in a smile . |
| 29 | Compact disc technology had been available for some time , but the quadraphonic experiment had failed and videotape technology was in something of an impasse . |
| 30 | No recording of Jenkins 's music had been available for years before the Thorofon CD , and now this Astrée issue comes onto the market , as if to underline how huge a gap in the recorded repertoire that was . |