Example sentences of "[been] [adv] [vb pp] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The term ‘ Personnel Management ’ has been widely used for 50 to 60 years to describe a range of activities , a body o& knowledge and a set of skills associated with the recruitment , administration and development of staff . |
| 2 | Instead , it appears to have been wholly ignored for 60 years until it was mentioned briefly by Gauze ( 1934 ) in his book The Struggle for Existence . |
| 3 | The Test has been delicately poised for four days , with fortunes swinging wildly . |
| 4 | He took her arm and led her to the dining room , where the gleaming long rectangular table had been impeccably set for two . |
| 5 | The date of the next reunion dinner has been provisionally fixed for 20 July 1991 . |
| 6 | I suppose , after all , I 've had it since ‘ 66 , so I 've been well known for 26 years , which is a long time , and I do n't get anything much out of it any more . ’ |
| 7 | He had been fully retired for three years and happily occupied with reading and local committee work before Pat retired as home help supervisor for a London borough . |