Example sentences of "[been] [adv] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ARABELLA ASHLEY ( Portrait painters photographs , page 144 ) and her dog and best friend Clem , have been together for the last four years photographing features for Harpers & Queen . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She 's been away for the last week or so |
| 4 | Can I just clarify one other point with the County Council and for the benefit of those who 've not been here for the last however many days . |
| 5 | ‘ Why do n't you tell me about it ? — Sorry I have n't been around for the last couple of days . |
| 6 | The drug has been around for the last 20 years , but this is the first time the research has been carried out over such a lengthy period . |
| 7 | It 's a new one that 's only just been around for the last fifty years . |
| 8 | I mean you do get parishes where the parish priest has been there for the last thirty years or something like that . |
| 9 | She 's been there for the last month . |