Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [be] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been here for decades untold in this court , never leaving it except in my mind , ranging to far stars yet never truly experiencing those elsewheres . |
| 2 | I have been here for more than two years I have lectured them . |
| 3 | Another decade was to pass before it really sank in , and he could write , ‘ What an ass I have been both for not knowing and for thinking I knew . |
| 4 | He said : ‘ I have been out for nearly 14 months and now there is a great rush to get me back in the squad . |
| 5 | When you have been up for half an hour on a normal working day , how do you feel ? |
| 6 | Ignore how you feel when you first wake and take note instead of how you feel after you have been up for about ten minutes — many people find those first waking moments difficult to cope with . |
| 7 | You can establish a much deeper contact with a partner through much of this year and , if you have been passion-less for some time , be prepared for things to change considerably . |
| 8 | ‘ We have been here for five years . |
| 9 | It seems as though we have been away for years . |
| 10 | We have been there for 20 years . |
| 11 | But what I really liked was his face and we have been together for around five years . |
| 12 | They have been around for a very long time , as I said , dating right back to Model Book 35 in fact , which appeared in 1982 . |
| 13 | I do n't think that Judaism or Christianity will be altered by any of this — they have been around for too long for that . |
| 14 | There can be reasons why people make a claim for asylum after they have been here for some time and we consider all cases properly . |
| 15 | You can ask them for a sick note from their doctor , but only if they have been away for more than seven days . |
| 16 | If they have been together for a whole day or days in conference or retreat then there is a dynamic already present . |
| 17 | Or if members of a group are not familiar with each other , no mutual aid may occur until they have been together for some time . |
| 18 | The couple live apart and although they have been together for some time , you sense Clint 's fingers have been burned by his previous bad experiences . |
| 19 | They have been out for fifteen minutes . |
| 20 | Oh I see , they have been about for a while . |
| 21 | They are there ; they have been there for years . |
| 22 | Rocks look more natural if you bed them into the gravel slightly , as if they have been there for years . |
| 23 | No footings were laid — the walls were built directly on the patio paving stones ; they have been there for years and I thought there was little chance of them subsiding . |
| 24 | The most difficult part of getting out a galvanised hot water tank is likely to be disconnecting the pipes leading to and from the boiler particularly if they have been there for some time . |
| 25 | ‘ But some of them have been here for ages , ’ she remonstrated . |