Example sentences of "'ve [be] in the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've been in the building for hours actually . |
| 2 | Sergeant Major , you 've been in the Army for about nigh on twenty years now , do you think that a soldier has to be able to cope with that sort of taunting and name calling when he 's on the streets of Belfast for example . |
| 3 | But I 've been in the wood for many years and there is a lot more to read than what I keep in the shaman 's lodge . |
| 4 | Because people who 've been in the press for quite a long time were using this before we took over the telephone system . |
| 5 | I 've been in the game for eight years and have never tasted such a chilling fear . |
| 6 | The cardboard mostly rotted away , but they 've been in the ground for no more than 20 years and the bomb experts say they 're not military . |
| 7 | We 're very much involved in what 's called in-service training , in the retraining and helping of teachers who 've been in the profession for some years , and who need to get new qualifications or refreshment in their professional work . |
| 8 | I think we have to be a little bit careful about this because , of course , erm the feeling is not that once they 've been in the job for a little while that they are still amateurs , it 's merely that we do n't require them to know a great deal about what they 're going to do before they start . |
| 9 | I 've been in the family for generations , said the tray , so you can see that they 're not just a bunch of jumped-up farmers like so many around these days . |
| 10 | Right and also comments and suggestions although we 've been in the business for a number of years , er comments and suggestions are always er welcomed and and and considered very carefully . |
| 11 | Oh n no we 've , we 've been in the area for about fifteen years but we 've , we needed a move up so er that 's why we 've come here . |
| 12 | I 've been in the trade for 29 years and I 've never known it this bad . |