Example sentences of "have be [adv] for [adj] months " in BNC.
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1 | Val Pinder who has been away for some months due to illness achieves a fantastic level of sales and came in fourth . |
2 | ‘ Or maybe she just learned from a more rational neighbour that the real Delia has been abroad for six months . |
3 | and he 'd been away for three months so that you know I mean |
4 | I told him about my uncle after we 'd been together for six months and , though he was outraged , I persuaded him not to confront Joe or tell anyone . |
5 | They 'd been together for eighteen months or more , and she had no one else . |
6 | The Orynthia had been away for eight months ; and only one member of the returning crew , we may not be surprised to hear , decided to risk a voyage in her again — George Groves , the boy apprentice . |
7 | They had been together for six months but fell out when he told her he wanted to see more of his friends . |
8 | Lindsey and Pete had started talking about having a baby when she was fourteen , and did so the following year : Pete and me had been together for eleven months and loved each other more than words could say . |
9 | These boys were undertrial prisoners ; many had been there for eight months and at least one had been there for two years . |
10 | They had been there for six months , the duration of their marriage . |
11 | We 've been here for six months . |
12 | ‘ I 've been here for six months . ’ |
13 | But you do n't do anybody until they 've be here for six months . |