Sentence examples for had been for a time from inspiring English sources

Conte came to the world of nutritional supplements from the music industry, where he had been for a time the bassist for the brassy funk/soul group Tower of Power, which had a number of hit songs in the 1970's.

By a sad irony he had been for a time a research student at Wadham College, Oxford, where the Azed 2,000 lunch was held, and sent me a kind message from Greece, where he was on holiday at the time.

He has been for a long time.

It has been for a long time.

They have been for a long time.

We have been for a long time.

I have been for a long time. .

We are friends; we have been for a long time.

She had been ill for a long time.

But the tension had been building for a long time.

His curiosity had been gone for a long time".