Example sentences of "[verb] for a [noun] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | This stance was not new but has for a while been taken by Nationalism Today . |
| 2 | Each spurt in investment has for a time been halfway successful in boosting harvests and production , but policy to date has failed to grasp the nettles of productivity , variety , distribution and responsible land use . |
| 3 | Christopher and I then returned to the fringes of power , having for a time been drawn perilously close to the centre . ’ |
| 4 | While moral suasion had been favoured in the War ( in preference to rationing ) as a means of restricting domestic demand , and had for a time been partially successful , as peace returned it lost much of its impact . |
| 5 | To Miss D'Arcy he was Colonel Hope ; to Mary he had for a moment been Augustus ; to his new self , John alone ; with Joanna he had no name and experienced the inscrutable animal comfort of brief blank joy . |