Example sentences of "been [adv] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IT HAS been downhill for the past 13 months at Bond Corporation ever since the Lonrho chief , Tiny Rowland , unleashed his first poisoned arrow . |
| 2 | It was n't enough ; it had n't been enough for a long time . |
| 3 | I did n't know Julia had n't been in for a long while . |
| 4 | He had only been in for a few nights after his first summer holiday in the five years I 'd owned him . |
| 5 | And , as I say , we 've been together for a long time and the appointment , the changeover of the appointments |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | If they have been together for a whole day or days in conference or retreat then there is a dynamic already present . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She had told him once as they lay at peace in bed that the sleep after childbirth , an unconsciousness that might only last a split second , was the most complete sleep she had ever known and when you woke from it you felt you had been elsewhere for a hundred years . |
| 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 | ‘ Because Shiva , his father , who 'd been away for a long time , found him in the wife 's bedroom on his return and assumed that he was her toyboy . |
| 14 | I 've been away for the past week and had loads of messages to come back to . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She 's been away for the last week or so |
| 17 | No , Lindsey told herself , as she showered and slipped into a warm towelling robe , it had actually been over for a long time . |
| 18 | The new Landrat of Gunzenhausen , a former Franconian bastion of National Socialism , wrote in his first monthly report after the end of the Third Reich , in August 1945 : ‘ Although the war has only been over for a few months , National Socialism is hardly ever spoken about , and when at all , only in a negative sense . |
| 19 | The trapped feeling must have been because she had been indoors for a long time . |
| 20 | It was very good very very good for women that have been home for a long time and want to get their confidence back . |
| 21 | Others who have been home for a few months come in feeling as if their brains are becoming addled and wanting something to do . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've been up for the past three hours , ’ he said , looking me up and down rather coldly . |
| 23 | Daisy had been back for a long time ; she looked white and pinched . |
| 24 | He had only been back for a few hours when company orders were posted showing that Colonel Hamilton wished to see Lance-Corporal Trumper at eleven hundred hours the following morning . |
| 25 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Then she said , quietly , ‘ Yes , although I have n't been here for a long time . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The hon. Gentleman must forgive me : I want to be fair to other hon. Members who have been here for a long time . |
| 30 | I mean he 's , I think we 'll miss him , but I think he 's entitled to a move he 's been here for a little while |