Example sentences of "[vb -s] been [adv] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is quite often the cause of the ‘ 1701 — hard disk error ’ reported during Power On Self Test when the drive is cold which miraculously seems to cure itself when the system has been on for a while and the drive has warmed up ’ . |
| 2 | The city has changed so much that anyone who has been away for a couple of years could be forgiven for thinking that he arrived in a time machine , not an airliner . |
| 3 | the idea of making a boat like this has been around for a lkong time . |
| 4 | Electronics is a universal tool that has been around for a while and which can be used to control electrical circuits — not a common art form . |
| 5 | Just such a product has been introduced into the UK , although it has been around for a while in the US , under the generic name InteSoft . |
| 6 | The Ox has been around for a couple of months , but the new host of the Tips Clinic is Dr Butcher . |
| 7 | So the Stenness Hotel has been up for a while then . |
| 8 | Operating as Shadowfax Restaurants , the partnership has been together for a number of years , and currently has two Pizza Express outlets in Barnet and Finchley , and part ownership of a pizza restaurant in the West End of London . |
| 9 | you see , if you put a line it costs you about a hundred a thirty quid now I think , but according to what they tell me , once a line has been in for a year if you put a line in , you 've got to pay the first year , its got ta be in for a year , if you have it taken out before the year , you 'll still be due for the rental on it |
| 10 | And when the hole has been there for a couple of days , they can dig another if necessary . |
| 11 | AS part of the Midland Railway Centre 's development the Narrow Gauge Railway Project has been underway for a number of years with volunteers working to re-create a length of line to both carry passengers into the Country Park and demonstrate the uses of this track gauge . |
| 12 | FX has been out for a while first on Sun Sparc 's and Hewett-Packard Co 9000/400s last December , then on DECstation 5000s and HP 700s in January and finally on IBM 6000s in July . |
| 13 | The sun has been out for a while after straining hard through moody skies and my skin is warming . |
| 14 | The record has been out for a couple of years , and it 's called ‘ Electric Counterpoint ’ . |
| 15 | The Great Britain half-back has been out for a month with strained stomach muscles . |
| 16 | ORIGINALLY ON the German Rough Mix label and now sensibly picked up by Sheffield 's Warp label , this one 's been around for a while now and has been described as potentially the next Gat Decor . |
| 17 | The current version is 9.0 version 99 , so it 's been around for a while ! |
| 18 | ‘ Well , my husband 's been away for a while . |
| 19 | Not since he 's been back for a week . |
| 20 | Cos this is quite strong stuff I 'm gon na give you because that 's , once that 's been there for a week or two it 's hard to get it shifted . |
| 21 | You see , some girl 's been out for a drink , or to a disco , met a fella , the fella invites her back , she goes , and things go a bit further than she intended . |