Example sentences of "been [adj] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It feels like I 've been asleep for a long , long time . |
| 2 | You 've been asleep for a long time . ’ |
| 3 | The IBOA is very conscious of the fact that this issue has been outstanding for a considerable length of time and it is hoped that the proposals will pave the way for a speedy resolution to the problem . |
| 4 | Thick weathering mantles will only form in regions of minimal local relief where rates of erosion have been low for a prolonged period . |
| 5 | But I 'd been careful for a long time before that , because I 'd sensed something . |
| 6 | If you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long time you have two additional problems to overcome . |
| 7 | At the very least , the discipline of being involved in some form of training will help counteract the feeling of lethargy that creeps over many people who have been unemployed for a long while — a characteristic which is very counterproductive in an interview . |
| 8 | To summarize : if you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long period : |
| 9 | It has been clear for a long time that where land adjoining the highway is unintentionally entered , i.e. as a result of a car accident , that the plaintiff must prove negligence ( River Wear Commissioners v Adamson ( 1877 ) 2 App Cas 743 ) . |
| 10 | As I see him sitting there now , sheltered under a derelict building 's covered way , one which has been empty for a tedious never-ending era , with an unchangeable lifestyle , erected for nothing but with such a prospect for life , if used properly . |
| 11 | The trend towards equality of attainment is especially marked in schools that have been comprehensive for a long time . |
| 12 | I have been convinced for a long time that people could not love , accept or respect me for the person I am , only for the amazing amount of exercise I can do . |
| 13 | The aggressively minded General Conrad von Hötzendorff , Chief of the Austrian General Staff , had long been avid for a pre-emptive war . |
| 14 | Gasoline would have been ideal for a sudden blaze ; the sealed nuclear drive was useless in that respect . |
| 15 | ‘ War 's been inevitable for a long time , Anne . ’ |
| 16 | Old John Knox had been ill for a long time and , two years after I joined the firm , he was told that he must retire . |
| 17 | Very often I spend long days on my allotment , and cook quite nice dinners of , say , breast of mutton and peas and fruit off the allotment for myself and a [ woman ] friend who has been ill for a long time … . |
| 18 | Stable jockey Chris Grant said : ‘ He had been ill for a long while , but carried on because his horses were his life . ’ |
| 19 | But the poor woman had been ill for a long time , although we had not realized it , and died soon after Hareton was born . |
| 20 | ‘ She 'd been ill for a long time . |
| 21 | Party Chairman Tony Picking said today Mr Burge has been ill for a long time and resigned in February . |
| 22 | Party Chairman Tony Picking said today Mr Burge has been ill for a long time and resigned in February . |
| 23 | He had been ill for a short time and when uremic poisoning developed , he was moved to a private ward in the Moose Jaw General Hospital . |
| 24 | It must have been hard for a short , drunken man to do at the dead of night . ’ |
| 25 | In the meantime , plans had been afoot for a combined British and American force , known as the Allied First Army , to land on French North African shores — this occurred on 8th , November 1942 , and those forces moved eastward towards the advancing British Eighth Army . |
| 26 | When the silence had been undisturbed for a long , chilly while he crept out of his nest and drew himself gently up the last few yards of broken rock into the long grass and bushes at the edge of the plateau . |
| 27 | Despite being hit by the recession slightly later than their auditing colleagues , the recruitment market for general taxation specialists has now been stagnant for a good 12 months . |
| 28 | ‘ And this man , Leonora , has been celibate for a long time . |
| 29 | Rural groups have been vulnerable for a long time . |
| 30 | Many of the classic economic and social indicators of fertility decline had been present for a long time in nineteenth-century Britain . |