Example sentences of "i [verb] been [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | cos I said you 'll be here to midnight David and then on the day we were going he stopped me and Jane , little Jane , she was coming down the stairs behind me , I 'd been up for a fax , and I do n't know where she 'd been , she was behind me and as she come down the stairs I was listening and he said got her hand ooh he said I am gon na miss you my dear , so she said yes I 'll miss Hodems as well , he said you have got a way with your words have n't you , he said for one strange minute I thought you were gon na say you 'll miss me too |
| 2 | You had to appear in front of them , well this , I 'd been off for a week and the old Harbourmaster old he sent for me and he said erm , you can start work tomorrow as I . |
| 3 | I 've been up for a bath and we 've been looking at the room I shall occupy . |
| 4 | No , I 've been up for an hour ! |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been up for the past three hours , ’ he said , looking me up and down rather coldly . |
| 6 | Now , I 've been around for a lot of years and I know a bad girl when I see one . |