Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] been [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd hardly been back for years — only briefly , when Mama died . |
| 2 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
| 3 | I had n't been there for more than a minute when the skipper bellowed : ‘ This is melanoma country , mate . |
| 4 | Well I had n't been there for ages ! |
| 5 | A clergyman who was in Manchester Cathedral when the second device went off said : ‘ I had only been there for a matter of seconds when I heard an almighty crump . |
| 6 | Then she said , quietly , ‘ Yes , although I have n't been here for a long time . |
| 7 | I have n't been here for years , although the land belongs to me . |
| 8 | ‘ I have n't been here for very long . |
| 9 | I have n't been here for ages and ages ! |
| 10 | ‘ I have n't been up for a while , ’ her father said , implying a total absence of mind , and some of body , too . |
| 11 | I do n't know I have n't been up for years . |
| 12 | Cos you know she usually do if I have n't been round for a while she 'll say oh what 's the matter , have I done something wrong or why you have n't been round or Perhaps she thinks well it 's too far to come . |
| 13 | ‘ Why do n't you tell me about it ? — Sorry I have n't been around for the last couple of days . |
| 14 | I have n't been there for oh I 'm always going down there for petrol now . |
| 15 | I have n't been there for over a , a year or more I think last time I was there |
| 16 | I have now been here for over a week , and am beginning to get into the swing of things . |
| 17 | On Jan. 28 Goulding said that " one of the conditions which has always been there for the deployment of the UN force in Yugoslavia , namely a stable ceasefire , has now been fulfilled " , although there were still violations of the ceasefire , albeit " comparatively minor " ones . |
| 18 | But she has n't been there for a few weeks now so I think she might be ill . |
| 19 | She has n't been there for about a month . |
| 20 | Part of her power is that she has always been there for her children , part of her sadness is that they have betrayed that care by what she sees as dereliction of duty . |
| 21 | Can I just clarify one other point with the County Council and for the benefit of those who 've not been here for the last however many days . |
| 22 | You 've not been on for a while have you ? |
| 23 | Good you 've not been on for a while either have you ? |
| 24 | The couple next door said she had n't been there for several days . |
| 25 | you know , it is just so frustrating , you know and er some of these kids he said and the language they use , one girl came in , she had n't been in for three or four days , he had n't met her and he said hello you must be such and such er |
| 26 | She knew she had been dismissed from Algox because she had not been up for grabs . |
| 27 | She had clearly been out for the evening . |
| 28 | The doctor , who had now been there for some time , and was looking at his watch , had been explaining . |
| 29 | ‘ Since you had not been here for a fortnight , ’ he said , ‘ I assumed that you had completed your enquiries . ’ |
| 30 | Look out for companies who have n't been around for long : they could be out of business just as soon . |