Example sentences of "'ve [been] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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1 | I 've been up for a bath and we 've been looking at the room I shall occupy . |
2 | How come the Europeans accept musicians who 've been around for a while , but we British just pour scorn on them as has-beens ? |
3 | Now , I 've been around for a lot of years and I know a bad girl when I see one . |
4 | 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 ? |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | It 's ages since we 've been out for a drink together , ’ Laura enthused . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | You 've been off for a while . |