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

Ramadas and Krishnan said that business was down, and had been for a while now.

He himself had been for a while at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he was responsible, among other things, for the purchase of Renoir's "Charpentier Family".

He had been for a while, anxiously preparing for "his moment" on stage, when he would announce Unravel – a 2D adventure game starring an anthropomorphised ball of yarn – to an audience of millions.

"I think the Republican side of the aisle has moved more toward the middle than they had been for a while in embracing a need for prescription benefits," Mr. Corzine said.

"We were both in a very strange mental state and had been for a while," she said.

Despite this, Ms Davis described the results of the survey - between 16 and 19 September last year - as more encouraging than they had been for a while.

Have been for a while.

Skyscrapers are Toronto, and have been for a while.

"I'm single and I have been for a while.

Divorce is down, and has been for a while.

He said: "Liverpool has been for a while without Champions League.