Example sentences of "been [verb] for the [num ord] few " in BNC.

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1 Almost everyone has a story to tell about dream incorporation — for instance dreaming about Arctic exploration only to wake up and find that the covers have slipped off and he is freezing cold , or dreaming of bells ringing only to wake up eventually to find that the alarm clock has been clattering for the last few minutes .
2 Now , however , she sat up in bed and wondered , as she had been wondering for the last few days , what had happened to the spider .
3 The trophy for the ladies open has not been engraved for the last few years .
4 Then nine tenths of the rubbish they 've been printing for the last few weeks will be seen for what it is .
5 A Granada TV spokesman in Manchester said : ‘ The majority of Lynne 's scenes have already been filmed for the next few weeks .
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