Example sentences of "have been [adv] [adj] [art] time " in BNC.

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1 He has virtually no ball skills whatsoever , and has been completely anonymous every time he 's played for England .
2 But in a more important sense he would be wrong , for there is no such person as he had in mind and I would have been there all the time .
3 It must have been there all the time , sitting motionless and staring straight at me from the far edge of the level area of the Grounds , but I had n't noticed it at first .
4 It could have been there all the time .
5 It was obvious that they had been outside all the time , probably in a van .
6 Now as I looked at the tree I saw that the great things had been there all the time but I had mistaken them for the background .
7 The extra pairs had been there all the time ; they had simply found nowhere to nest before .
8 But the question had been there all the time .
9 It had been there all the time hidden beneath the forced gaiety , the conversational duelling .
10 She was certain MacQuillan had not gone to the bar because she had been there all the time until then .
11 Because the signs had been there all the time if she 'd ever bothered to look further than his surface charm .
12 She simply tells me something , as if I had been there all the time .
13 No I 'm only phoning you because you phoned I 'm only phoning because you ph yeah yeah no no we 've been here all the time and the phone did n't ring once well
14 I 've been here all the time .
15 ‘ The buildings have been there all the time on the backcloth but they 'll only show up when lit , and the alcove , for Act One , will be altered thus . ’
16 ( Oh , yes , and before you ask , I have been there many a time .
17 Well they sort of said that what , hopefully , she 'll like be there for a couple of days and she 'll never think she 's been anywhere else , she 'll think she 's been there all the time .
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