Example sentences of "[vb -s] be [adv] since [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The town has been here since 1210 . |
| 2 | Two long-serving ministers , Dr Brian Mawhinney , who has been there since 1986 , and Mr Richard Needham , since 1985 , both return to senior posts in mainland ministries . |
| 3 | Nobody 's gon na tell if she 's been here since five . |
| 4 | It 's been here since 1925 , but in September it 'll close . |
| 5 | ‘ Ought n't you to be fetching Lisa — she 's been there since 3 and if they 're having a party tonight they 'd probably like to get her off their hands . ’ |