Example sentences of "been [adv] for a [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is quite often the cause of the ‘ 1701 — hard disk error ’ reported during Power On Self Test when the drive is cold which miraculously seems to cure itself when the system has been on for a while and the drive has warmed up ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been away for a day or two ; I lost me father . ’ |
| 3 | I 've been away for a week and I had about 70 messgaes to read . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I 've been up for a bath and we 've been looking at the room I shall occupy . |
| 6 | I might , for Phil , for Phil to wind down , he 'll come in , say we 've been out for a meal or whatever , he 'll come in and he 'll sit down in front of the television . |
| 7 | If it had been out for a walk or you know ? |
| 8 | The horses have been here for a year but up until yesterday the doors have been closed to the fans … yesterday they were opened up and thousands rolled up . |
| 9 | Pension funds have been around for a century or more , but their modern form was set in 1950 when Charles Wilson , then president of General Motors , set up a fund for his workers . |
| 10 | So , eager to help , she went over to him , he had been around for a while but he was strange so nobody really spoke to him . |
| 11 | Lowe ball-nuts have been around for a while and they are one of the best devices of this sort that I have used so far . |
| 12 | Electronics is a universal tool that has been around for a while and which can be used to control electrical circuits — not a common art form . |
| 13 | ‘ Those who have been around for a while and waited on an international chance tend to appreciate it all the more when one arrives , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Perhaps not as bad as Buff , because the animal had only been there for a second or two and I had told them it was a robot . |
| 15 | Sixty-two per cent of those in old people 's homes had been there for a year or more compared with 47 per cent of those in nursing homes , but this difference might have occurred by chance . |
| 16 | He 's a new environment officer , he 's only been there for a month or something . |
| 17 | Cos this is quite strong stuff I 'm gon na give you because that 's , once that 's been there for a week or two it 's hard to get it shifted . |