Example sentences of "they have [adv] been [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 've now been there for more than three weeks and in my view they just ca n't find their way out again . |
| 2 | They had n't been out for any days since Adam had been at home . |
| 3 | He had seen Frank 's mutilated back when they had both been down for screening , and had been deeply shocked . |
| 4 | It might not have been a very long missive , but it brought Aubrey into the room as if they had not been apart for two whole years . |
| 5 | They have n't been in for quite a while . |