Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [be] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	I 've been up for a bath and we 've been looking at the room I shall occupy .
2	No , I 've been up for an hour !
3	‘ I 've been up for the past three hours , ’ he said , looking me up and down rather coldly .
4	Now , I 've been around for a lot of years and I know a bad girl when I see one .
5	How come the Europeans accept musicians who 've been around for a while , but we British just pour scorn on them as has-beens ?
6	( Lazing 's highly recommended if you 've been up for the 8.30am aerobics .
7	You 've been off for a while .
8	‘ Those who have been around for a while and waited on an international chance tend to appreciate it all the more when one arrives , ’ he said .
9	In looking for the answers , let us begin with those citizens who have been around for the longest time — the elderly and those in later middle age .
10	Many people who have been out for a number of years have friends and lovers who have died or may die .
11	Maybe we 've just misunderstood , even though we 've been around for a long time , my own trades council in Battersea and Wandsworth celebrated its hundredth anniversary this year .
12	It 's ages since we 've been out for a drink together , ’ Laura enthused .
13	I might , for Phil , for Phil to wind down , he 'll come in , say we 've been out for a meal or whatever , he 'll come in and he 'll sit down in front of the television .
14	She 's act she er they 've been down for a for a flying visit , I think , th they like to fly and fly back because it gets th the fre used to the freedom .
15	By which time the tenants have come home from work or they 've been out for a few hours , say they 've been out from twelve till six .
16	They have been around for a very long time , as I said , dating right back to Model Book 35 in fact , which appeared in 1982 .
17	Oh I see , they have been about for a while .

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