Example sentences of "[conj] have [be] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they first moved far enough into the courtyard to glimpse Gabriel sitting on his cloud , the morning sunshine dazzled eyes that had been indoors for days on end . |
| 2 | I 'd been sexually abused and all of a sudden the poison that had been there for years started boiling to the surface . |
| 3 | High living standards had encouraged migration to these republics from other parts of the USSR , and this became one of the issues most central to the development of a powerful and widely supported nationalist movement in the late 1980s , particularly since the Baltic nations were relatively few in number and tended to have low birth and high divorce rates ( in Latvia , where golden and silver wedding anniversaries had formerly been celebrated , there were ceremonies in the 1980s for couples that had been together for just a few years ) . |
| 4 | He was wearing the leather shoes that had been only for best until they grew too small for his feet and now had to be worn for school . |
| 5 | You know a lot of the erm shops that have been here for many years |
| 6 | The flesh itself ranges from the blood red of the arriviste joint to the dull browny-purple bloom of those that have been there for the full three weeks . |
| 7 | that have been there for years have n't they ? |
| 8 | It was very good very very good for women that have been home for a long time and want to get their confidence back . |
| 9 | There 's a sign at the top of the road that 's been there for years , ever since they opened the new road , and it says ‘ Strome Ferry — no ferry ’ , and that just says it all . |
| 10 | ‘ He 's married a Welsh girl , has two Welsh kids and has been here for five years . |
| 11 | A landmark on the Waxholme/Withernsea road is the old Black Mill , and has been so for many generations . |
| 12 | It is made from M. spicata , but there are many other mints with various distinct aromas and flavours — garden mint is the most commonly used and has been so for many centuries . |
| 13 | She , it turned out , was away , and had been away for some weeks , touring the clubs in the North . |
| 14 | To make matters worse , the two men had been ordered to Germany to attend a conference , and had been away for eight days . |
| 15 | Nicaragua was an American obsession and a dream , a proving-ground for ideology , and had been so for more than a century . |
| 16 | Once you are fully better , and have been so for some time , you can risk the occasional slice of white bread or a sliver of cake . |
| 17 | The roles of chairman and chief executive are segregated and have been so for nine years . |