Example sentences of "'ve [been] [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I 've been here for a long time , I 've got my house , got my family here , I 've got comfortable living , although not er luxurious but er normal standard , better standard than I could have in India . |
| 2 | We 've been away for a long time . |
| 3 | ‘ After all , you 've been away for a long time , and you know the old saying — ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We 've been apart for a long time . |
| 5 | Maybe we 've just misunderstood , even though we 've been around for a long time , my own trades council in Battersea and Wandsworth celebrated its hundredth anniversary this year . |
| 6 | I mean these have n't just been put here , they 've been there for a long time ! |
| 7 | And , as I say , we 've been together for a long time and the appointment , the changeover of the appointments |
| 8 | er just one after thought , Dennis mentioned teamwork , now we we 've been together for a few years basically , but you might say , we work as a team , everyone gets on , everyone helps each other out . |
| 9 | By which time the tenants have come home from work or they 've been out for a few hours , say they 've been out from twelve till six . |