Example sentences of "that have been [adv] for " in BNC.
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1 | We decided to test a model that has been round for some time on the professional market , and is popular amongst tradesman working on side — the Makita 6012HDW Cordless Driver Drill . |
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 | 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 ? |
4 | When they first moved far enough into the courtyard to glimpse Gabriel sitting on his cloud , the morning sunshine dazzled eyes that had been indoors for days on end . |
5 | I 'd been sexually abused and all of a sudden the poison that had been there for years started boiling to the surface . |
6 | High living standards had encouraged migration to these republics from other parts of the USSR , and this became one of the issues most central to the development of a powerful and widely supported nationalist movement in the late 1980s , particularly since the Baltic nations were relatively few in number and tended to have low birth and high divorce rates ( in Latvia , where golden and silver wedding anniversaries had formerly been celebrated , there were ceremonies in the 1980s for couples that had been together for just a few years ) . |
7 | He was wearing the leather shoes that had been only for best until they grew too small for his feet and now had to be worn for school . |
8 | You know a lot of the erm shops that have been here for many years |
9 | Few ‘ moderate missions ’ are definite either , despite proposals that have been around for many years . |
10 | The flesh itself ranges from the blood red of the arriviste joint to the dull browny-purple bloom of those that have been there for the full three weeks . |
11 | that have been there for years have n't they ? |
12 | It was very good very very good for women that have been home for a long time and want to get their confidence back . |
13 | Computer Users of Europe ( CUE ) , a user group that 's been around for some time on an informal basis , has gone official : it has drafted a constitution and has a steering committee working on making it formal . |
14 | I mean surely that is a subject that 's been around for a hundred years ? |
15 | There 's a sign at the top of the road that 's been there for years , ever since they opened the new road , and it says ‘ Strome Ferry — no ferry ’ , and that just says it all . |