Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] [adj] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I tried being polite for a long time , Aunt Ruth , and it got me nowhere . |
| 2 | I think he 'd been better for a long time on and off |
| 3 | He wondered whether he 'd been asleep for a while , or just deep in thought . |
| 4 | But I 'd been careful for a long time before that , because I 'd sensed something . |
| 5 | ‘ She 'd been ill for a long time . |
| 6 | There was a sort of thirstiness about Julia 's immersion in the conversation , as though she 'd been parched for a long time . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd been miserable for a long time . |
| 8 | The odds were always against Oxford at Villa Park … trailing by a goal from the first leg United were desperate for a flying start … they were nearly grounded in the opening minutes by Dean Saunders … |
| 9 | Several thousand demostrators had taken to the streets , attacked " indecently dressed " women ( who they claimed were responsible for a drought ) , set fire to the head office of the Niger Women 's Association ( AFN ) , and also attacked the residences of the local prefect and sultan . |
| 10 | But in the aftermath of the war , Robertson and Alan Sked were responsible for a political blunder which put them in the news again . |
| 11 | The laughter had been absent for a while , but it had not withdrawn far from him , the marks of its permanent habitation were still there . |
| 12 | Many of the classic economic and social indicators of fertility decline had been present for a long time in nineteenth-century Britain . |
| 13 | One of them had been unconscious for a while . |
| 14 | If it had been possible for a bird to stop still with surprise in the air , and stay exactly where it was , that rook would have done it then . |
| 15 | But it had been simmering for a couple of years before that . |
| 16 | I had been poorly for a while and could n't eat and the doctor thought it may be appendicitis so he sent me to Darlington Hospital . |
| 17 | As two young married couples they had been close for a time when they lived near Stoke , although Carole had not got on at all well with Amaranth . |
| 18 | It was immediately clear that the book had been undisturbed for a very long time , perhaps even since it had been laid to rest . |
| 19 | When the silence had been undisturbed for a long , chilly while he crept out of his nest and drew himself gently up the last few yards of broken rock into the long grass and bushes at the edge of the plateau . |
| 20 | She felt heavy-lidded and drowsy , as if she had been asleep for a week . |
| 21 | They reflected a concept that had been current for a number of years , that experiments in planning free zones ought to be devised ( Banham et al . , |
| 22 | As they were mainly couples who had been married for a number of years and were now able to move to a larger , more expensive home , their children ranged in age between seven and nineteen years . |
| 23 | Peter Armstrong , prosecuting , said the couple had been married for a year but had lived together for four years before marrying . |
| 24 | ( The French population tended to shift to the towns much more slowly ; we are told the rate was about 3 per cent per decade down to 1911 , and this had been true for a century . ) |
| 25 | Journalist Meredith Oakley , of the Arkansas Gazette in the Clintons ' home state , said : ‘ If America had been ready for a female President she would have run herself . |
| 26 | He was dressed in work clothes — tailored dark grey trousers and a cream shirt — but the latter was open at the neck and he wore no tie , suggesting that he had been ready for a relaxing Friday evening drink . |
| 27 | She had been worried for a bit but now she was certain . |
| 28 | Old John Knox had been ill for a long time and , two years after I joined the firm , he was told that he must retire . |
| 29 | He had been ill for a short time and when uremic poisoning developed , he was moved to a private ward in the Moose Jaw General Hospital . |
| 30 | SIGARUP HAD BEEN ILL FOR A WEEK . |