Example sentences of "[verb] been [adv prt] for [art] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is quite often the cause of the ‘ 1701 — hard disk error ’ reported during Power On Self Test when the drive is cold which miraculously seems to cure itself when the system has been on for a while and the drive has warmed up ’ . |
| 2 | Electronics is a universal tool that has been around for a while and which can be used to control electrical circuits — not a common art form . |
| 3 | Just such a product has been introduced into the UK , although it has been around for a while in the US , under the generic name InteSoft . |
| 4 | So the Stenness Hotel has been up for a while then . |
| 5 | FX has been out for a while first on Sun Sparc 's and Hewett-Packard Co 9000/400s last December , then on DECstation 5000s and HP 700s in January and finally on IBM 6000s in July . |
| 6 | The sun has been out for a while after straining hard through moody skies and my skin is warming . |
| 7 | So , eager to help , she went over to him , he had been around for a while but he was strange so nobody really spoke to him . |
| 8 | How come the Europeans accept musicians who 've been around for a while , but we British just pour scorn on them as has-beens ? |
| 9 | You 've been off for a while . |
| 10 | Lowe ball-nuts have been around for a while and they are one of the best devices of this sort that I have used so far . |
| 11 | 3D spreadsheets have been around for a while , but have tended to be rather cumbersome to use . |
| 12 | ‘ Those who have been around for a while and waited on an international chance tend to appreciate it all the more when one arrives , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Oh I see , they have been about for a while . |
| 14 | ORIGINALLY ON the German Rough Mix label and now sensibly picked up by Sheffield 's Warp label , this one 's been around for a while now and has been described as potentially the next Gat Decor . |
| 15 | The current version is 9.0 version 99 , so it 's been around for a while ! |