Example sentences of "[been] [verb] [adv prt] for two " in BNC.
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1 | The double bed had been made up for two and there were two pyjama cases — relics of a past time — one embroidered with the letter ‘ I ’ , the other with an ‘ A ’ . |
2 | But it 's been going on for two years . ’ |
3 | In another class , a boy is being cross-examined on complaints by both girls and boys in the class that he has been groping them ; it emerges through class discussion that this has been going on for two years . |
4 | The £750,000 Payton has been ruled out for two weeks with a torn hamstring sustained in the FA Cup replay defeat by Portsmouth . |
5 | This problem has been carrying on for two months or more , and so far I have not found a successful treatment . |