Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But at the time I felt rejected and useless , because I was n't needed in the way I had been for so long. , |
| 2 | I can have one of these now I 've been the worst I 've been for about six months I really ! |
| 3 | It takes you a long while to realise what a twit you 've been for so long . |
| 4 | From the mid-'50s , where we 've been for quite some time , we 're suddenly into the '60s , 1961 in fact , and a finger-picked instrumental written by Chet Atkins , entitled Trambone . |
| 5 | I think members will probably by now , be aware that a decision has been taken to leave the offices in Bedford Square where we have been for so many years . |
| 6 | Mr Bodlender 's comments are supported by the results of the ninth quarterly Horwath Business Confidence Survey , which shows that Britain 's hoteliers are significantly more confident than they have been for over a year . |
| 7 | ‘ Lower interest rates and current house price levels mean that house are more affordable now than they have been for over 20 years . ’ |
| 8 | I do n't think he 'd been for about six month . |
| 9 | I happened to see Sir John Woods [ Permanent Secretary to the Board of Trade ] tonight and he told me that Sir Stafford Cripps had been reading the minutes of Cabinet committees during his absence [ in India , where he had been for nearly four months trying to reach a settlement which would lead to independence ] and had been depressed by the amount of time and energy taken up in the Ministerial Committees with the discussion of quite minor matters which individual Ministers ought to settle in their discretion . |
| 10 | But it 's been for about two month now , but it 's |