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 | This fairy castle in the clouds has been asleep for a hundred years and the briars are beginning to take over . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Thick weathering mantles will only form in regions of minimal local relief where rates of erosion have been low for a prolonged period . |
| 6 | But I 'd been careful for a long time before that , because I 'd sensed something . |
| 7 | If you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long time you have two additional problems to overcome . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | To summarize : if you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long period : |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Well if it came over his house th oh of course , next to the that will have been empty for a few years so |
| 13 | The trend towards equality of attainment is especially marked in schools that have been comprehensive for a long time . |
| 14 | Again , given the story 's setting and plot , it would have been easy for an insular national chauvinism to have been the prevailing tone . |
| 15 | If I remember right , first home matches have been similar for a few years now . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The aggressively minded General Conrad von Hötzendorff , Chief of the Austrian General Staff , had long been avid for a pre-emptive war . |
| 18 | Gasoline would have been ideal for a sudden blaze ; the sealed nuclear drive was useless in that respect . |
| 19 | ‘ War 's been inevitable for a long time , Anne . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 … . |
| 22 | Stable jockey Chris Grant said : ‘ He had been ill for a long while , but carried on because his horses were his life . ’ |
| 23 | But the poor woman had been ill for a long time , although we had not realized it , and died soon after Hareton was born . |
| 24 | ‘ She 'd been ill for a long time . |
| 25 | Party Chairman Tony Picking said today Mr Burge has been ill for a long time and resigned in February . |
| 26 | Party Chairman Tony Picking said today Mr Burge has been ill for a long time and resigned in February . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It must have been hard for a short , drunken man to do at the dead of night . ’ |
| 29 | It would have been hard for an outside eye to have detected anything wrong , although Fritzi 's brother Mickey had provided a clue . |
| 30 | 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 . |