Example sentences of "[noun] have been [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if she came and found Tina up she could pretend to herself that Tina had been up for hours , and was a normal person and a proper mother . |
| 2 | The plan had been originally for Rohan to marry Antoinette , but because she was the Baronne 's niece , not Gaston 's , the inheritance would have been penalised financially by the government . |
| 3 | Second , it was based in and expressed a paradox : that the educational reform had been primarily for men ; women were still relatively excluded . |
| 4 | Several dogs have been in for boosters and there 's a bitch to be spayed tomorrow . |
| 5 | The journalist spends time on the story and then discovers that the subject has been around for years . |
| 6 | He noticed that when local church leaders had been away for Bible School training , they ceased to tell stories in their preaching . |
| 7 | Road pricing has been up for discussion for some time as a possible way of alleviating the high levels of traffic congestion in many city centres . |
| 8 | The idea has been around for ages , of course — people using two thin woollen sweaters rather than one thick . |
| 9 | The posters have been up for weeks … when the powerboat circus comes to town … the streets and squares close down … everyone makes for the river … every bridge … and every balcony becomes a grandstand … a ring side seat for the big race … |
| 10 | Doc Martens BOOTS have been around for years . |
| 11 | ‘ The Arbuthnots have been here for generations . |