Example sentences of "'s been [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pulling off the sticky brambles that clung to their jeans , Carrie 's children said , ‘ No one 's been here for hundreds of years … ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I would think it 's been here for several days , sir . |
| 3 | Computer Users of Europe ( CUE ) , a user group that 's been around for some time on an informal basis , has gone official : it has drafted a constitution and has a steering committee working on making it formal . |
| 4 | Jackie said he 's been up for seven o'clock . |
| 5 | How has it been for yourself , obviously you 've been here with your children , your husband 's been away for more than a month , in Iraq , there must have been er terrible thoughts going through you mind at certain times ? |
| 6 | ‘ He 's been back for two days . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm not saying they won because of that , but … people are used to it , it 's been there for 20 years . ’ |
| 8 | Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time . |
| 9 | A Turk who 's been there for ten days and the club handyman . ’ |
| 10 | Myra Hindley has been in prison for my whole life : I 'm twenty-two now and she 's been in for twenty-two years . |
| 11 | Well if th if there 's somebody whose listening in the Derby area who can help us with a street lamp that 's out and it 's rather important that it get put on , and it 's been out for six weeks now |
| 12 | He 's been out for some time . |
| 13 | it 's been inside for two hours and ca n't get out |
| 14 | Irvine , California-based Pick Systems in its umpteenth resurgence has rehired two of its old lieutenants : Richard Lauer , who 's been off for six years at Sequoia Computer Systems Inc , returns as vice president , sales and Tim Holland , credited with many of Pick 's technical developments , returns from stints at Sequoia and Concurrent Computer Corp to be senior vice president , technology . |
| 15 | Pick Systems in its umpteenth resurgence has rehired two of its old lieutenants : Richard Lauer , who 's been off for six years at Sequoia Computer Systems Inc , returns as vice president , sales and Tim Holland , credited with many of Pick 's technical developments , returns from stints at Sequoia and Concurrent Computer Corp to be senior vice president , technology . |