Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [been] [adv] since " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos car 's been here since Saturday . |
| 2 | The wood has been there since the days of King John . |
| 3 | Roxburgh summed up the occasion by saying his team had ‘ everything to gain and nothing to lose ’ , an ironic choice of phrase given the fact that the national coach had been up since 6.30am figuring out ways to compensate for loss . |
| 4 | Because the machine 's been down since last Thursday . |
| 5 | ‘ The town has been here since 1210 . |
| 6 | The French team have been together since Sunday — and even that was not enough for Fouroux . |
| 7 | Sometimes , he assumed the Elder had been around since the Creation . |
| 8 | Hand dragged furniture had been around since the 18th century . |
| 9 | Information has been around since the garden of Eden . |
| 10 | He remarked however that there was little to choose between kitchen and living-room in respect of air , since the oven had been on since dawn . |
| 11 | The Williams family have been here since 1797 , when Robert Williams bought the manor of Littlebredy , which had long since degenerated into a farmhouse . |