Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] been [noun] for " in BNC.
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1 | Those classed as ‘ other homes ’ included convalescent homes , a rehabilitation centre , an assessment centre , a holiday home for the disabled and rest homes which may in practice have been homes for older people ( the classification was made on the basis of the information given by the person interviewed ) . |
2 | ‘ What a pleasure it has been , and an honour to have been MP for Winchester for 13 years , ’ he said , thanking those who had supported him in the past year . |
3 | Gore , who had made an impressive if unsuccessful bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988 , was the product of a patrician southern family , his father having been Senator for Tennessee . |
4 | She kindly wrote me a letter after the first television programme about me , since her family and mine had been friends for years . |
5 | But the main items of most concern have been grants for surface cultivation ( ploughing and rotovation ) , drainage and fertilisers , whether paid under Development Plans or as one-off capital aids ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
6 | Mr Heseltine who 's a millionaire has been MP for Henley since 1974 . |
7 | His brother has been king for more than three years . |
8 | , Peter ( 1806–1883 ) , industrial chemist and alum manufacturer , was born 19 February 1806 in Brechin , Forfarshire , Scotland , the son of a hand-loom weaver of Brechin , and his wife , whose family had been farmers for generations . |
9 | The weather had been kind for Boz 's wedding but it was less so for Tom and Dolly . |