Example sentences of "[adv] been [adv prt] for [art] [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 | It 's a new one that 's only just been around for the last fifty years . |
| 6 | And I wo n't spare a minute 's thought for the fact that Piers has n't been around for the entire day , and lord only knows what he 's getting up to with Nicole . |
| 7 | ‘ Why do n't you tell me about it ? — Sorry I have n't been around for the last couple of days . |
| 8 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
| 9 | I did n't know Julia had n't been in for a long while . |
| 10 | No , Lindsey told herself , as she showered and slipped into a warm towelling robe , it had actually been over for a long time . |
| 11 | 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 . |