Example sentences of "'s [been] [adv] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's been here a long time , of course , from Father Collins 's days . |
| 2 | She 's been here a long time , about ten years . |
| 3 | She 's been here a long time , on and off , she knows the place well . |
| 4 | Previously it 's been just a blank sheet of printing paper shut up in a lightproof envelope ; now it has a function , an image , a certainty . |
| 5 | And she 's been away a long time for one of our ships — ever since June . |
| 6 | His father 's been dead a long time and he has-had — two brothers . ’ |
| 7 | Well he 's been there a long while . |
| 8 | Well it 's been there a long time . |
| 9 | Good god that 's been there a long time . |
| 10 | when he 's been there a little while perhaps he can come with all the authority of a Euro MP and tell us the answer to his own question er , the honourable member for Ashfield er referred back to the positioning of the European parliament er where it should meet , there are three sites . |
| 11 | Oh yes very much so and we 've been these er lots secretaries and presidents and all miners and that they 've been coming up you know and er you had a chat with them and they put us do n't let this happen , do n't let that happen , and make sure that erm you know people do n't suffer and er oh it 's been quite a vast experience for us yeah . |
| 12 | it 's been quite a nice day really |
| 13 | I think er in an effort to accommodate Mr Chairman , the members here this evening , it 's been quite a long day , the the Conservative amendment is very close to the amendment that both er myself and Mr have put in and yes we would be willing to accept that , I think we 've got the point across which the only thing missing from the Conservative amendment is the thing about the airport money . |
| 14 | Just a few years ago , it was raised from 4p , so there 's been quite a big increase already . |
| 15 | And er certainly in teaching there 's been quite a big change over the last ten years in the way that people perceive retirement . |