Example sentences of "he [verb] been [noun] for " in BNC.
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1 | The Rev Leslie Gready was led from the Friday morning service to the grounds of St Cuthbert 's Church , Darlington , where he has been vicar for the last ten years . |
2 | He has been chairman for ten years of the Scottish Business School , which comprises the business studies departments of the Universities of Glasgow , Strathclyde , Edinburgh , Heriot Watt and Stirling . |
3 | He has been MP for Hull East since 1970 . |
4 | He had been Chairman for less then two years in succession to Dr. Greenwood , when he collapsed and died during a Welsh Regional Rally . |
5 | He had been king for two and a half years , and he was aged by ten . |
6 | Spencer 's conduct at the new Debtors ' Prison in Whitecross Street , where in 1828 he had been keeper for six years , was the subject of a Memorial from James Neild 's Thatched House Society to the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen of the City of London . |
7 | The death is reported of A. Shanks at Port Askaig where he had been agent for the steamer " Islay " for over 20 years . |