Example sentences of "have [adv] been [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , we 've only been here a couple of days . |
| 2 | I 've only been here a matter of hours , but I feel as though it 's been more like a week ! ’ |
| 3 | I 've only been here a month meself , and I 'm on nights for the extra money . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've only been here a week . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ My God , you 've only been here a week , and already … ’ |
| 6 | Well you 've bloody registered and you 've only been back a month have n't you ? |
| 7 | ‘ The band had only been together a couple of months before we started recording that album , so we did n't have time to think about it too much — we just went in and did it . |
| 8 | Even just now , when for a moment she had not been able to remember what day it was , and when Faith Lavender had already been dead a week . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've already been here a fortnight and shall probably stay a week or two longer before moving south , ’ said Father Branche vaguely . |
| 10 | The single , simple action was all it took to move what had once been just a concept into the final stage of action . |
| 11 | By contrast , the pursuit of grievances through the legal route had traditionally been almost a way of life in RENFE . |
| 12 | According to Winston Churchill junior , until his mother married Randolph Churchill at the outbreak of the Second World War , ‘ she had never been even a penny in debt , but since then worries about bills and people threatening to sue had been endless . ’ |
| 13 | She 's only been here a day . |
| 14 | ‘ She 's only been here a couple of times , when I needed to work on some papers very urgently . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It is , ’ I told him , ‘ It 's only been there a couple of years . |
| 16 | ‘ Tony 's always been just a friend to me , ’ she said , smiling . |