Example sentences of "who have [been] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The city has changed so much that anyone who has been away for a couple of years could be forgiven for thinking that he arrived in a time machine , not an airliner . |
| 2 | ‘ Because Shiva , his father , who 'd been away for a long time , found him in the wife 's bedroom on his return and assumed that he was her toyboy . |
| 3 | They demanded that everybody get out of their way so they could launch their boat , while people who 'd been there for the best of the tide were already bringing their craft out . |
| 4 | One of the , the tasks I have to do in May each year , is I write to the candidates who 've just taken a year off , who 've been away for the last two-thirds of a year , and I write to them and say , ‘ You 've been away for two-thirds of a year . |
| 5 | The residents themselves recognised the move for some of the older , frailer people would be more difficult and those who had been there for the least time had agreed to go , he said . |
| 6 | The hon. Gentleman must forgive me : I want to be fair to other hon. Members who have been here for a long time . |
| 7 | Others who have been home for a few months come in feeling as if their brains are becoming addled and wanting something to do . |
| 8 | The man who 's been here for the past three weekends , always at the same table , always alone and always gazing at you with those incredible dark eyes of his . ’ |