Example sentences of "has be [adv prt] for a " 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 | Europe has been around for a few thousand years and to be the first European under ten seconds … well ! |
| 4 | The Ox has been around for a couple of months , but the new host of the Tips Clinic is Dr Butcher . |
| 5 | Hypnosis has been around for a long , long time . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | the idea of making a boat like this has been around for a lkong time . |
| 8 | litre turbocharged engine , a revamped version of the Ford diesel unit which has been around for a few years . |
| 9 | So the Stenness Hotel has been up for a while then . |
| 10 | you see , if you put a line it costs you about a hundred a thirty quid now I think , but according to what they tell me , once a line has been in for a year if you put a line in , you 've got to pay the first year , its got ta be in for a year , if you have it taken out before the year , you 'll still be due for the rental on it |
| 11 | The record has been out for a couple of years , and it 's called ‘ Electric Counterpoint ’ . |
| 12 | The Great Britain half-back has been out for a month with strained stomach muscles . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The sun has been out for a while after straining hard through moody skies and my skin is warming . |