Example sentences of "[verb] be [adv] [prep] many " in BNC.
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| 1 | A landmark on the Waxholme/Withernsea road is the old Black Mill , and has been so for many generations . |
| 2 | It is made from M. spicata , but there are many other mints with various distinct aromas and flavours — garden mint is the most commonly used and has been so for many centuries . |
| 3 | Occasionally it is explained that they had already died — and given the still short life-expectancy of the period this must have been so in many cases . |
| 4 | It was considered inhumane to move out the large number of ‘ old long-stay ’ residents who had been there for many years . |
| 5 | These lines had been there for many years when Ernest Jarvis bought the house in the twenties , the Metropolitan Railway having been extended from Swiss Cottage to West Hampstead in 1879 . |
| 6 | We have been here under many governments since 1971 and will continue to be here under many more , ’ the Salomon spokesman said . |
| 7 | You know a lot of the erm shops that have been here for many years |