Example sentences of "[verb] been [adv] since [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must have been there since breakfast . |
| 2 | ‘ He 'll have been there since lunchtime like as not . |
| 3 | He had been there since lunchtime , and it had been while she 'd watched him that she had come to the decision that she must go . |
| 4 | The shop was often at its busiest on a Saturday , when the farmers came in , or the men who had a half day themselves were marched in by wives to have themselves fitted out by Mr Hogan , or Mike the old assistant , the tailor who had been there since time immemorial . |
| 5 | Er , that 's alright , let's behave ourselves , I says what about us , we 've been here since quarter to ten waiting for you to come . |
| 6 | And I 've been there since Alpha and I every year I 've looked out and watched the form twos . |
| 7 | " Now , " he continued , not looking at them , " the two men standing on either side of the gate in front of us have been there since morning . |