Example sentences of "[verb] [been] [adv prt] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Previous page Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 31 | That is just called pentate it is not called E M penta any more equally you do n't have sec butile alcohol turk turt butile alcohol they 've been out for ten years ! |
| 32 | I was n't afraid of losing my boyfriend while I was in prison , because I 've seen people who 've been in for two years and their boyfriends still come and see them . |
| 33 | Official signs for a cycle path connecting Baird Road , Ratho Station , to the minor road from Ratho to Newbridge have been up for some time . |
| 34 | Few ‘ moderate missions ’ are definite either , despite proposals that have been around for many years . |
| 35 | Fax machines have been around for many years and the obvious benefit of being able to transmit documents and graphics by telephone is by no means newly perceived . |
| 36 | ‘ My family have been around for seventeen generations , do n't you know , so we feel we have n't an awful lot to prove . |
| 37 | Other English-speaking riders have been around for some years . |
| 38 | These are all approaches which have been around for some time — in the case of the perennial philosophy a very long time — and while , no doubt , they have a great deal to contribute , it is surely probable that the impulse for any paradigm shift will come from an unseen direction . |
| 39 | It 's er in the report that we produced , most of the families are in fact single parent families , most of them are on Social Security benefits and have been on for considerable periods of time , but there are a number of people who are in employment or who have had periods of employment , but they are in low paid jobs , so when you 're talking about an income of one hundred pounds a week , with the sort of housing costs there are and other costs , then there simply is n't enough money to go round . |
| 40 | They have been out for fifteen minutes . |
| 41 | Since April , the United Mine Workers of America have been on strike here against the Pittston Company : 1,700 miners have been out for seven months and , despite intimidation , no one has gone back to work . |
| 42 | The lights have been off for several months , bringing a protest from the RAFA . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | ‘ He 's been back for two days . ’ |
| 45 | Myra Hindley has been in prison for my whole life : I 'm twenty-two now and she 's been in for twenty-two years . |
| 46 | 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 |
| 47 | He 's been out for some time . |
| 48 | 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 . |
| 49 | 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 . |