Example sentences of "[pron] have [be] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | cos I said you 'll be here to midnight David and then on the day we were going he stopped me and Jane , little Jane , she was coming down the stairs behind me , I 'd been up for a fax , and I do n't know where she 'd been , she was behind me and as she come down the stairs I was listening and he said got her hand ooh he said I am gon na miss you my dear , so she said yes I 'll miss Hodems as well , he said you have got a way with your words have n't you , he said for one strange minute I thought you were gon na say you 'll miss me too |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I had been out for many hours that day and had covered many miles of jungle with unflagging caution , but without one moment , s unease , and then , on cresting the ridge , and coming in sight of the rocks , I knew they held danger for me , and this knowledge was confirmed a few minutes later by the kakar 's warning call to the jungle folk , and by my finding the man-eater 's pug marks superimposed on my footprints . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been up for the past three hours , ’ he said , looking me up and down rather coldly . |
| 5 | I 've been up for a bath and we 've been looking at the room I shall occupy . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's not that early — I 've been up for ages , and I 'm leaving in a few minutes . |
| 7 | Yeah , you 're gon na have one in a minute I 've been up for ages ! |
| 8 | No , I 've been up for an hour ! |
| 9 | But he added : ‘ I 've been around for 30-odd years so I 'd like to it was down to all my TV work . |
| 10 | Now , I 've been around for a lot of years and I know a bad girl when I see one . |
| 11 | I 've been out for five days ? ’ he demanded incredulously . |
| 12 | I 've been off for three or four time before for long a few years and |
| 13 | Do they have to produce a doctor 's note say look , I 've been off for |
| 14 | He said : ‘ I have been out for nearly 14 months and now there is a great rush to get me back in the squad . |
| 15 | In practical terms they call for the government to help buy and protect the Mar Lodge Estate — 77 000 acre plot of land in the Cairngorms which has been up for sale since May . |
| 16 | The theory of risk compensation , which has been around for years , says that drivers adjust the amount of risks they take to keep their perceived level of risk constant . |
| 17 | Axil 's existing compatibles are the $13,000 HWS-S210 which has been around for some time , the $17,000 HWS-S310 model 3.0 and the $23,500 HWS-S310 model 4.1 which are due next quarter . |
| 18 | There is , however , one little car which has been around for almost 33 years , is enjoying a revival in popularity and still holds it second-hand value well . |
| 19 | Amazingly , it only just noses ahead of DR DOS , which has been around for over 18 months . |
| 20 | THE problems of keeping walls in mortuary and undertakers ' premises clean and hygienic , while still keeping them attractive for the staff , is one which has been around for many years . |
| 21 | litre turbocharged engine , a revamped version of the Ford diesel unit which has been around for a few years . |
| 22 | A woman of 40 came with digestive disturbance which had been around for twenty years and which had been ameliorated but not cured by previous homœopathic treatment . |
| 23 | These are all approaches which have been around for some time — in the case of the perennial philosophy a very long time — and while , no doubt , they have a great deal to contribute , it is surely probable that the impulse for any paradigm shift will come from an unseen direction . |
| 24 | I found her bustling about with a feather duster looking as if she 'd been up for hours . |
| 25 | How come the Europeans accept musicians who 've been around for a while , but we British just pour scorn on them as has-beens ? |
| 26 | I was n't afraid of losing my boyfriend while I was in prison , because I 've seen people who 've been in for two years and their boyfriends still come and see them . |
| 27 | ( Lazing 's highly recommended if you 've been up for the 8.30am aerobics . |
| 28 | You 've been up for weeks now , have n't you ? |
| 29 | Repeat name and date at every opportunity ; the sort of people who live in the East End like to know you 've been around for some time . |
| 30 | " You 've been out for hours . " |