Example sentences of "[vb -s] [be] [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not one to do double somersaults — I 'm not that acrobatic — but he 's one of the best in the country and has been for a long time . |
| 2 | Which is , of course , roughly where conventional rubbish-collection policy has been for a long time . |
| 3 | ‘ No sort of future tense about it , it is and it has been for a long time . |
| 4 | The Commonwealth came closer together than it has been for a long time . |
| 5 | ‘ No sort of future tense about it , it is and it has been for a long time . |
| 6 | He 's a gem , always full of good humour , and he 's been on a few times , now , but this particular moment was when I noticed in the studio lights a glint of trouser zip . |
| 7 | Bloody film star he ought to be , not a and he you see him on the television , he 's been on a few times at night ! |
| 8 | ‘ Yeah , and she 's been in a few times since . |