Example sentences of "have been [adv] since [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The town has been here since 1210 . |
| 2 | The idea of solitary waves travelling along rivers and canals has been around since 1844. it was considered a novelty until the early 1960s , when scientists discovered that two solitary waves travelling in opposite directions need not destroy one another , but could in fact continue unscathed . |
| 3 | But no matter , and who am I to complain , certainly not to Jan , the lady of the maggots , who has been up since four and already whisked through acres of office carpet , scads of bins and oceans of scummy cups . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Yeah cos if it was as bad as he said it was , I mean he would only stand up for one or two hours at a time , whereas he 'd been up since nine , he was still sitting up at one o'clock when I arrived there |
| 6 | He 'd been up since six trying to fix his motorbike . |
| 7 | You got half an hour plus ten minutes relief for your refreshments and that would happen at ten in the morning and you 'd been there since seven . |
| 8 | He has taught in schools and universities in Ireland and in France , and is now Reader in French in this university , having been here since nineteen sixty six . |
| 9 | They are in fact the original Green products having been around since 1959 , and are so good that the company 's turnover is about £1 billion . |
| 10 | Both are US in origin , the Basler Turbo-67 having been around since 1988 and in ‘ production ’ at Oshkosh , Wisconsin , since 1990 . |
| 11 | Having been up since six and groomed Bones until the sweat ran ( his , not Bones 's ) he felt as if the day were three-quarters through . |
| 12 | He had been up since five to meet the boat from which he was being exploited . |
| 13 | She had been up since six , but respect for the Shills ' privacy had made her refrain from enquiring until 9.30 . |
| 14 | The centre ground of British politics remained the same uncertain terrain it had been ever since 1918 . |
| 15 | The Lords were more diehard , as they had been ever since 1911 , but unless their powers were restored they would denounce the government in vain . |
| 16 | The problem of the cut-off water supply — it had been off since eight that morning — had made it much worse . |
| 17 | He was first on with his presentation , and had been there since six-thirty to make sure there were no slip-ups with his slide presentation . |
| 18 | I 've been up since six . ’ |
| 19 | No , he 'll be out went out at ten to seven but over a sort of I 've been up since seven , I 've not really sat down all day . |
| 20 | I 've been up since half past seven . |
| 21 | Broadstone Estate Agents , they 've been there since last . |
| 22 | I 've been out , I 've been out since half seven this morning well |
| 23 | ‘ Some of us have been up since six-thirty and I like to read . |
| 24 | They have been around since Egyptian times , which makes them one of our oldest decorating materials . |
| 25 | Those of us who have been here since 1987 have a sense of fortune in being involved in the tremendous and dramatic changes in the world scene , which are reflected in the Gracious Speech . |
| 26 | We have been here since 1986 and during that time the town has gone completely down the pan . ’ |
| 27 | He added : ‘ We have been here since 1986 but it has been used as a guest house since 1965 . |
| 28 | The Americans have been here since 1950 . |
| 29 | The Williams family have been here since 1797 , when Robert Williams bought the manor of Littlebredy , which had long since degenerated into a farmhouse . |
| 30 | Seismic operations have been underway since late 1990 with more than 4,000 km recorded so far . |