Example sentences of "had been around [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If International had been around at the time of the Vikings , there 's little doubt whose paint would have been used to keep those marauding longships in prime condition . |
| 2 | Although direct debits and cash dispenser machines had been around since the late 1960s , promotion campaigns made them farmore popular during the mid-1980s . |
| 3 | Hand dragged furniture had been around since the 18th century . |
| 4 | Sometimes , he assumed the Elder had been around since the Creation . |
| 5 | Research identified that retailers were using cheap methods of display which had been around since the 1950's . |
| 6 | A woman of 40 came with digestive disturbance which had been around for twenty years and which had been ameliorated but not cured by previous homœopathic treatment . |
| 7 | Marijuana , liberalism , wild living and protestation had been around for a long time . |
| 8 | The principles of magnetic recording had been around for a long time . |
| 9 | In any case , the phobia had been around for so long that one extra week would not really make any difference . |
| 10 | As veteran commentator George Melly remarked : ‘ The trad boom was both unexpected and untypical ; its heroes were far older than the norm and had been around for much longer ; the emphasis was instrumental rather than vocal ; the sexual aspect was almost non-existent . ’ |
| 11 | Modernism , by then , had been around for a long time , and much of it looked ready to be stacked away into the attic . |
| 12 | Much of what Suragai had said suggested that all the races had been around for far longer than recorded history , but that was a possibility which had always been accepted . |
| 13 | The idea of reproducing the unique taste , character and creamy head of Draught Guinness for the take-home market had been around for many years . |
| 14 | So , eager to help , she went over to him , he had been around for a while but he was strange so nobody really spoke to him . |
| 15 | He was like an old car that had been around in the neighbourhood for a long time , loaned out among your friends , used and passed on , so that when it got to you in your time , you knew what you were getting . |