Example sentences of "been [verb] for the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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1 | A snorkel and diving goggles have often been recommended for the deepest powder snow . |
2 | Since he 'd arrived at Montpelier Square he had been listening for the slightest movement elsewhere in the flat . |
3 | You may lose some credibility with the clientele if you demolish him or her with a blitzkrieg attack only to find later that they had been looking for the nearest toilet ! |
4 | This was it , the confrontation-point which he had been dreading for the best part of a week . |
5 | I understand that the move has been made for the best scientific reasons . |
6 | Gentlemen ushers in knee-length black tunics fuss about , directing last-minute guests to their seats , although most have been waiting for the best part of an hour , making stilted smalltalk to conceal their pride . |
7 | Nevertheless , the good news will bring some welcome relief to those homeowners who have been waiting for the best part of 1991 to sell their home . |
8 | Recent scholarship suggests that the tactic of anonymity may have been employed for the best of reasons . |
9 | They had been drinking for the best part of an hour but none were drunk . |
10 | Plans have been unveiled for the biggest ever shake up of medical care in Lothian . |
11 | He says that moral is low , with workers now waiting to see who have been chosen for the latest redundancies . |