Example sentences of "[be] here a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But ha I remember I was on my test and I pulled round er it was very , very busy and there were two rows of cars and I pulled up and I thought right there 's a gap down there and I want to go straight on and all these others were turning le turning right so I squeezed down through the gap and then I thought right I 'm gon na be here a little while shall I put it in neutral , blow no I wo n't . |
| 2 | ‘ I been here a long time . |
| 3 | I have been here a long time . |
| 4 | She 's been here a long time , of course , from Father Collins 's days . |
| 5 | ‘ Been here a long time — ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You 've been here a long while , have n't you , Raech ? |
| 7 | ‘ You have been here a long time , masters . |
| 8 | So they 've been here a long long while . |
| 9 | ‘ She has been here a long time and will be here for even longer , ’ Felipe answered smoothly . |
| 10 | No I 've been I 've been here a long time like |
| 11 | She 's been here a long time , about ten years . |
| 12 | She 's been here a long time , on and off , she knows the place well . |
| 13 | This siter has been here a long time and is part of the area . |
| 14 | Erm what are the kind o obviously you 've been here a few months . |
| 15 | ‘ He 's been here a few times . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been here a few times , ’ he admitted . |
| 17 | ‘ In that case you should have been here a few hours ago . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Girl has not been here a few nights . |
| 19 | You 've only been here a few days . |
| 20 | ‘ I moved here in September so I have only been here a short time and we have had a lot of changes in the past because of the moves Eric has made , ’ she says . |
| 21 | If early on you learn phrases like " I am learning your language " , " I have only been here a short time " , " I did n't understand what you said " , and " Please repeat it more slowly " , you will at least be able to make a sensible response to anything said to you . |
| 22 | What we 're trying to do is say look , you are senior people in this company because although you 've only been here a short period of time , but you 're still very senior people . |
| 23 | Right very briefly , we 've been here a little while now , is erm we 're just gon na a little talk about the other aspects of what we call a defensive driving technique . |
| 24 | I 've only been here a little while , looking after Aunt — ’ |
| 25 | My son , Ben , says I must not forget the illustrations by Quentin Blake — writer and illustrator are here a perfect match . |
| 26 | The paradox of using force to overcome force is here a real contradiction . |
| 27 | In method at least , there is here a complete identity between his theology and practical thinking : the supremacy of the ruler , whether of God in the universe , or the pope in the Church , implied the existence of order in all the details of the system . |
| 28 | There is here a progressive intellectual maturity , whereby the student gains but breaks through relativism and critical thinking , to attain a position of creative independence . |
| 29 | There is here a useful area of cross-fertilisation between reading and writing which should be greatly helpful to pupils as writers . |
| 30 | There is here a conspicuous contrast with the stricter rules under Federal legislation in the United States and with the duties imposed on trustees of unit trusts under the Financial Services Act . |