Example sentences of "[be] [adv] for [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was wearing the leather shoes that had been only for best until they grew too small for his feet and now had to be worn for school . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've been together for more than 18 months and we see one another when we can . |
| 3 | You can ask them for a sick note from their doctor , but only if they have been away for more than seven days . |
| 4 | And he thinks the fact that they could have been away for more than two weeks now may have been noticed by neighbours , family or friends . |
| 5 | Three are straightforward KH-11s , of which one has been up for more than six years ; three are advanced KH-11s . |
| 6 | However , having said that , CEEFAX reckoned that Speed and Pemberton are out for tonight and state that Rocky and Hodges should get a look in . |
| 7 | ‘ When I 'm away for more than six or seven days , the pang starts and I need to see her ’ . |
| 8 | But I wo n't be off for long because I 've to follow Marcus . ’ |
| 9 | I do n't suppose we 'll be there for more than two , three hours . |
| 10 | but it cuts across , no there there comes a point where the of this world say oh am I allowed to do this , am I allowed to do that if you 've been here for more than three years right and it 's particularly prevalent in Scotland , oh are we allowed to do that , oh I did n't know and that 's old that is. old to a certain extent you know , she 's been around longer than has and been around but influenced by who 's been around a long time you see that 's where we get it , you see we do n't get the initiative coming in that area we get we get the oh Christ , bloody hell let's shove that one out the way that 's a national account . |
| 11 | Some of the trees in this ancient woodland have been here for more than 300 years . |
| 12 | I have been here for more than two years I have lectured them . |
| 13 | In the professional market graphics tablets have been around for almost as long as computers , low-cost alternatives for the home user have only recently started to become available . |
| 14 | In the professional computer market graphics tablets have been around for almost as long as computers but low-cost designs for the home user have only recently started to become available . |
| 15 | Those who are here for less than 6 months may need to arrange medical insurance . |
| 16 | She 'd been there for less than two weeks when her employers discovered she has leukaemia . |
| 17 | It has been there for more than ten years . |
| 18 | They 'd been there for more than fifteen years . |
| 19 | ‘ They 've now been there for more than three weeks and in my view they just ca n't find their way out again . |
| 20 | Many were there for more than three hours , but Hannah always gives full value for this kind of sacrifice talking to each one for between five and fifteen minutes and writing in the book whatever message is asked for . |
| 21 | Gabrielle was granted a decree nisi in a five-minute hearing at the Divorce Court in London , on the grounds that the couple had been apart for more than two years . |
| 22 | What you do with it once you 've brought it to the surface is another matter : it is enough for now that you acknowledge it is there and begin to discover ways of getting at it . |
| 23 | The day we drove to his mother 's great big house with its green lawns and clipped hedges , I knew that my war was over for ever and Raymond was by my side . ’ |
| 24 | Hours of teaching practice varied between 90 and 630 , and supervision ( ignoring those who listed upwards of 100 hours ! ) was often for less than 10 hours in total — noticeably less than for English on average . |