Example sentences of "[vb past] been [verb] for nearly [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Buckby , who is also secretary of the Langbaurgh Schools Cross Country Association , said he had been trying for nearly ten years to have the rule changed . |
| 2 | With these additions the unitary principle , supposedly at the heart of the Redcliffe-Maud recommendations , had been rejected for nearly 20 million people out of England 's population of approximately 45 million . |
| 3 | The microlight had been flying for nearly half an hour when it crashed into a field . |
| 4 | The man had been held for nearly four months in a blacked-out room . |
| 5 | The windows had been closed for nearly three months and the place had a dusty smell that got into your throat and made your eyes smart . |