Example sentences of "[been] around for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I wo n't spare a minute 's thought for the fact that Piers has n't been around for the entire day , and lord only knows what he 's getting up to with Nicole . |
| 2 | In looking for the answers , let us begin with those citizens who have been around for the longest time — the elderly and those in later middle age . |
| 3 | ‘ Why do n't you tell me about it ? — Sorry I have n't been around for the last couple of days . |
| 4 | The drug has been around for the last 20 years , but this is the first time the research has been carried out over such a lengthy period . |
| 5 | It 's a new one that 's only just been around for the last fifty years . |