Example sentences of "[conj] has been [prep] a " 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 | No , the fact remains that malaria is on the increase and has been for a number of years now . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Joan 's husband suffers from motor neurone disease , is very weak and has been in a wheelchair for the last nine years , almost totally dependent on her for physical care . |
| 5 | ‘ However , he damaged his spine over twenty years ago , after being thrown from his horse , and has been in a wheelchair ever since . ’ |