Example sentences of "[vb base] been [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Although I 've been here for a long time , I 've got my house , got my family here , I 've got comfortable living , although not er luxurious but er normal standard , better standard than I could have in India . |
2 | Now please tell me if I 'm keeping you , I know I 've been here for a very long time |
3 | God Almighty , Nan , I 've been here for the past two hours without knowing hair nor hide of you . ’ |
4 | Because we 've been here for the discussion . |
5 | I 've been up for a bath and we 've been looking at the room I shall occupy . |
6 | ( Lazing 's highly recommended if you 've been up for the 8.30am aerobics . |
7 | ‘ I 've been up for the past three hours , ’ he said , looking me up and down rather coldly . |
8 | No , I 've been up for an hour ! |
9 | ‘ I 've been away for a day or two ; I lost me father . ’ |
10 | And er if it 's more convenient , if you 've got er a lengthy inquiry , call into any tax office , the nearest one , I 've even called into tax offices when we 've been away for a weekend , just to pick up brochures and things like that . |
11 | We 've been away for a long time . |
12 | ‘ After all , you 've been away for a long time , and you know the old saying — ’ |
13 | I 've been away for a week and I had about 70 messgaes to read . |
14 | No , cos I 've been away for a couple of days . |
15 | I 've been away for the past week and had loads of messages to come back to . |
16 | One of the , the tasks I have to do in May each year , is I write to the candidates who 've just taken a year off , who 've been away for the last two-thirds of a year , and I write to them and say , ‘ You 've been away for two-thirds of a year . |
17 | ‘ We 've been apart for a long time . |
18 | How come the Europeans accept musicians who 've been around for a while , but we British just pour scorn on them as has-beens ? |
19 | Now , I 've been around for a lot of years and I know a bad girl when I see one . |
20 | Er it 's partly using some questions that 've been around for a very long time but there 're some subtle variations and some new ones added in , okay ? |
21 | Maybe we 've just misunderstood , even though we 've been around for a long time , my own trades council in Battersea and Wandsworth celebrated its hundredth anniversary this year . |
22 | She 's act she er they 've been down for a for a flying visit , I think , th they like to fly and fly back because it gets th the fre used to the freedom . |
23 | I mean these have n't just been put here , they 've been there for a long time ! |
24 | er just one after thought , Dennis mentioned teamwork , now we we 've been together for a few years basically , but you might say , we work as a team , everyone gets on , everyone helps each other out . |
25 | And , as I say , we 've been together for a long time and the appointment , the changeover of the appointments |
26 | They 've been together for the past six years — which she cites as one very good reason why she did n't fall for Craig McLachlan while playing his leading lady . |
27 | It 's ages since we 've been out for a drink together , ’ Laura enthused . |
28 | By which time the tenants have come home from work or they 've been out for a few hours , say they 've been out from twelve till six . |
29 | I might , for Phil , for Phil to wind down , he 'll come in , say we 've been out for a meal or whatever , he 'll come in and he 'll sit down in front of the television . |
30 | You 've been off for a while . |