Example sentences of "[vb base] been [adj] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , I 've been sober for a couple of days now and it changes your perspective a bit . |
| 2 | and , and if she 's already scared of his temper and they 've not even lived together , well they have lived together for quite a while actually so I mean it 's not like they do n't know each other but once they 're married and they 've been married for a couple of years I reckon , and he starts thinking of her more as a possession sort of thing I can , I can really imagine |
| 3 | ‘ It feels like I 've been asleep for a long , long time . |
| 4 | You 've been asleep for a long time . ’ |
| 5 | I 've been asleep for an hour . |
| 6 | Certainly I I 've been aware for a while now that there have been problems at Kingslane general in terms of of break ins erm not just specifically with the launderette but with also the community room er there and certainly I I 've been engaged in making one or two suggestions about how security measures could be improved . |
| 7 | Well , it 's about why I 've been ex-directory for the last , er , twenty years . |
| 8 | Not to solve what would be his last murder investigation before leaving Lanarkshire CID would , according to Jimmy Hood , the Labour MP for Clydesdale , have been inconceivable for the Carluke-born detective . |
| 9 | German genre subjects have been flat for the past few seasons , so it was a pleasant surprise that Franz von Defregger 's ‘ Tyrolean zither player ’ ( est. $70–90,00 ) sold for $105,000 ( £70,000 ) . |
| 10 | If I remember right , first home matches have been similar for a few years now . |
| 11 | Although a range of XPG4 specifications have been available for a while now , X/Open says the fact that vendors will bring XPG4-compliant products to market as soon as the end of this month ( see front page ) , demonstrates the measures it has taken to make the latest XPG release more flexible and structured . |
| 12 | The concept of faxing from a PC is not new — fax cards have been available for a number of years , usually accompanied by their own proprietary software . |
| 13 | Thick weathering mantles will only form in regions of minimal local relief where rates of erosion have been low for a prolonged period . |
| 14 | The last few years have been rocky for the heir to the Blenheim Palace estate . |
| 15 | Her appearances have been singular for the genuine interest she has shown on all occasions and have been made with the avowed object of giving encouragement and , if possible raising money . |
| 16 | Rural groups have been vulnerable for a long time . |
| 17 | The trend towards equality of attainment is especially marked in schools that have been comprehensive for a long time . |
| 18 | For example , we have been thankful for the improvement in the quality of our air with the development of clean air zones , but we must not be complacent . |
| 19 | You have been asleep for the past two hours . ’ |
| 20 | TWO British actresses , Elizabeth Hurley and Lysette Anthony , have been short-listed for the leading female role in Gone With The Wind II : Scarlett . |
| 21 | If we have recently lost sleep ( after a week of trying to sleep in the daytime , for example ) or have been awake for an unusually long time , then the amount of deep sleep is increased but it is still concentrated in the earlier part of sleep . |
| 22 | I have been convinced for a long time that people could not love , accept or respect me for the person I am , only for the amazing amount of exercise I can do . |
| 23 | Some aspects of the power settlement in post-war Japanese enterprises , particularly the enterprise unions , the wage payment systems and the flexibility which these allowed , have been crucial for the emergence of this putative postmodernist form of organization . |
| 24 | The material conditions of production and distribution have been crucial for the perpetuation of the romance form , and the romance form continues to thrive because it so well answers the commercial demands of a mass-market paperback and communications industry . |
| 25 | And they say I ca n't remember it just happened so quick that I ca n't remember , they have been unconscious for a , it may be just a split second , it 's affected the brain , they are concussed . |
| 26 | Some of them have been empty for the 20 years since they were built , others have been empty for just a few years . |
| 27 | May I congratulate my right hon. Friend on what he has done at Maastricht in limiting the powers of the Commission , about which my constituents have been concerned for a long time ? |
| 28 | It is arguable that the friction between locals and newcomers which has been a common feature of village life in recent years is only a temporary problem brought about by the dislocation of established social patterns which have been hard for the social life of the village to digest , and that once the newly arrived population has either taken over entirely or ‘ settled down ’ to a rural existence many of the initial problems will be reconciled . |
| 29 | Indeed many of the fish you see in your aquatic retailer 's tanks have been commercially-bred for the hobby . |
| 30 | Because I also do a fair bit of crochet and these cones ( white ) are excellent for the crochet collars that have been fashionable for a couple of years . |