Example sentences of "[vb past] been [verb] for almost [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was well aware that it would seem thoroughly feeble — if not downright pathetic — to refuse to accompany him to New York simply because they had been separated for almost five years . |
| 2 | Reintroduction of the Law on entry to and exit from the USSR had been delayed for almost 18 months in committee since its first reading . |
| 3 | Nora had been prepared for almost any response from John , except the one she got — or thought she had got . |
| 4 | He had been walking for almost four hours . |
| 5 | Carol Clark had been missing for almost 40 hours before her body was found at Sharpness . |
| 6 | Others still detained at the end of March had been held for almost 10 years . |