Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adv] been [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll come following you He d yeah it was odd when Frank said that cos apparently what happened , he just sort of started saying that he did n't think that Frank had really been there for him and that he was being a bit sort of selfish and stuff which I mean maybe he has been but the thing is if you know if Frank 's making this massive effort to like fit in and meet new people and stuff then |
| 2 | I did n't know Julia had n't been in for a long while . |
| 3 | If the builders of this artificial paradise had not been around for several millennia — as Alex Bannen seemed to think — how come the flora and fauna had n't run riot and completely ruined the environment ? |
| 4 | Mere existence had not been enough for him , in the Epilogue 's diagnosis ; he had always wanted something more . |
| 5 | ‘ Mere existence had never been enough for him ; he had always wanted something more . ’ |
| 6 | It is n't as if the chances had n't been there for Leeds to win away last term : Oldham 2–0 up with 5 minutes to go , Sheff . |
| 7 | Perhaps not as bad as Buff , because the animal had only been there for a second or two and I had told them it was a robot . |