Example sentences of "[vb base] been [adv] for a [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 | We 've been away for a long time . |
3 | ‘ After all , you 've been away for a long time , and you know the old saying — ’ |
4 | ‘ We 've been apart for a long time . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | I mean these have n't just been put here , they 've been there for a long time ! |
7 | And , as I say , we 've been together for a long time and the appointment , the changeover of the appointments |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | As W Somerset Maugham once pointed out , short stories have been around for a long time . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | The hon. Gentleman must forgive me : I want to be fair to other hon. Members who have been here for a long time . |
13 | It was very good very very good for women that have been home for a long time and want to get their confidence back . |
14 | Others who have been home for a few months come in feeling as if their brains are becoming addled and wanting something to do . |
15 | If they have been together for a whole day or days in conference or retreat then there is a dynamic already present . |
16 | " 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 . |