Example sentences of "[vb base] been [adv] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I 've been here for a long time , I 've got my house , got my family here , I 've got comfortable living , although not er luxurious but er normal standard , better standard than I could have in India . |
| 2 | God Almighty , Nan , I 've been here for the past two hours without knowing hair nor hide of you . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been up for the past three hours , ’ he said , looking me up and down rather coldly . |
| 4 | We 've been away for a long time . |
| 5 | ‘ After all , you 've been away for a long time , and you know the old saying — ’ |
| 6 | I 've been away for the past week and had loads of messages to come back to . |
| 7 | One of the , the tasks I have to do in May each year , is I write to the candidates who 've just taken a year off , who 've been away for the last two-thirds of a year , and I write to them and say , ‘ You 've been away for two-thirds of a year . |
| 8 | ‘ We 've been apart for a long time . |
| 9 | Maybe we 've just misunderstood , even though we 've been around for a long time , my own trades council in Battersea and Wandsworth celebrated its hundredth anniversary this year . |
| 10 | I mean these have n't just been put here , they 've been there for a long time ! |
| 11 | And , as I say , we 've been together for a long time and the appointment , the changeover of the appointments |
| 12 | er just one after thought , Dennis mentioned teamwork , now we we 've been together for a few years basically , but you might say , we work as a team , everyone gets on , everyone helps each other out . |
| 13 | They 've been together for the past six years — which she cites as one very good reason why she did n't fall for Craig McLachlan while playing his leading lady . |
| 14 | By which time the tenants have come home from work or they 've been out for a few hours , say they 've been out from twelve till six . |
| 15 | As W Somerset Maugham once pointed out , short stories have been around for a long time . |
| 16 | Artificial pitches have been around for a long time , and this was particularly well illustrated in Holland , where they were rolling out their red shale-type material and putting coconut matting over it 40 years ago . |
| 17 | In looking for the answers , let us begin with those citizens who have been around for the longest time — the elderly and those in later middle age . |
| 18 | The hon. Gentleman must forgive me : I want to be fair to other hon. Members who have been here for a long time . |
| 19 | It was very good very very good for women that have been home for a long time and want to get their confidence back . |
| 20 | Others who have been home for a few months come in feeling as if their brains are becoming addled and wanting something to do . |
| 21 | If they have been together for a whole day or days in conference or retreat then there is a dynamic already present . |
| 22 | ARABELLA ASHLEY ( Portrait painters photographs , page 144 ) and her dog and best friend Clem , have been together for the last four years photographing features for Harpers & Queen . |
| 23 | " Signs of a coming plateau have been there for a long time and are now getting better and better " , according to independent consultant Richard Kimberlin . |
| 24 | The flesh itself ranges from the blood red of the arriviste joint to the dull browny-purple bloom of those that have been there for the full three weeks . |