Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] ill for some " in BNC.
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1 | She had been ill for some time , and gradually realized that she needed more care than could be given by the community services . |
2 | She had been ill for some time and , driving back again to Cardiff to join my father , I reflected on the sadness that parents can never know what their children owe them . |
3 | I know your mother had been ill for some time , but I know that this will not have lessened the loss you and your family must now feel . |
4 | He had been ill for some time . |
5 | Roach , who was a producer , director and screenwriter , had been ill for some time and was under the care of doctors of the Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital , a hospital spokeswoman said . |
6 | He had been ill for some time , and passed away peacefully on 12 April . |