Example sentences of "[adv] been [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The new Landrat of Gunzenhausen , a former Franconian bastion of National Socialism , wrote in his first monthly report after the end of the Third Reich , in August 1945 : ‘ Although the war has only been over for a few months , National Socialism is hardly ever spoken about , and when at all , only in a negative sense . |
2 | How do you know this is love , your prose side whispers like a sceptical lawyer , it 's only been around for a few weeks , a few months . |
3 | He had only been back for a few hours when company orders were posted showing that Colonel Hamilton wished to see Lance-Corporal Trumper at eleven hundred hours the following morning . |
4 | He had only been in for a few nights after his first summer holiday in the five years I 'd owned him . |
5 | She felt as if she were not really there , as if she had not really been there for a long time . |
6 | Then she said , quietly , ‘ Yes , although I have n't been here for a long time . |
7 | Er , yes that was David , Robert has n't , Robert 's coming next weekend , but he has n't been here for a few weeks |
8 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
9 | It was n't enough ; it had n't been enough for a long time . |
10 | But she has n't been there for a few weeks now so I think she might be ill . |
11 | No it has n't been there for a little while British National Corpus I 've been carrying it around with me |
12 | I did n't know Julia had n't been in for a long while . |
13 | No , Lindsey told herself , as she showered and slipped into a warm towelling robe , it had actually been over for a long time . |
14 | It has certainly been around for a hundred years , and it is probably the most vital of aspect of life as we know it today . |