Example sentences of "have been [adv prt] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the common holly , Ilex aquifolium , has been around a long time and produced many ornamental varieties , you will find quite a few with fancy botanical names . |
| 2 | But as I 've already mentioned distributed database theory has been around a long time . |
| 3 | We 're all well and your mother has been out a good deal . |
| 4 | And , of course , having been around a long time . |
| 5 | He is also much younger , 23 , than I thought — he seemed to have been around a long time . |
| 6 | Belmodes had been around a long time . |
| 7 | This was the lake that we were going to spend our time on and although these lakes had n't been fished much we did have the benefit of some information given to us by Joe Taylor who had been out a few weeks prior to us . |
| 8 | From the look of the pile of branches , Travis had been back a few times , but he was absent still as she added her load to the mound . |
| 9 | At least I do n't mean that — not a good show for you , I know — but frankly when you 've been down a long time it is a good show to see someone from home and get all the news . |
| 10 | ‘ We 've been out a long while already . |
| 11 | They 've been out a long time colleagues , seventeen weeks . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's just that you 've been out a few times this morning . ’ |
| 13 | The thing is I 've been out a few times with my husband cos it 's his car . |
| 14 | Paul 's verdict : Bags have been around a long time now and Rohan can justifiably claim to have prompted other companies to come up with versions of their original . |
| 15 | Some have been around a long time , others are of more recent origins . |
| 16 | but it cuts across , no there there comes a point where the of this world say oh am I allowed to do this , am I allowed to do that if you 've been here for more than three years right and it 's particularly prevalent in Scotland , oh are we allowed to do that , oh I did n't know and that 's old that is. old to a certain extent you know , she 's been around longer than has and been around but influenced by who 's been around a long time you see that 's where we get it , you see we do n't get the initiative coming in that area we get we get the oh Christ , bloody hell let's shove that one out the way that 's a national account . |
| 17 | It 's been around a long time , as they say ? |
| 18 | You see , these up here 's been up a long time . |