Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] be [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been away for the past week and had loads of messages to come back to . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been up for the past three hours , ’ he said , looking me up and down rather coldly . |
| 3 | God Almighty , Nan , I 've been here for the past two hours without knowing hair nor hide of you . ’ |
| 4 | One of the , the tasks I have to do in May each year , is I write to the candidates who 've just taken a year off , who 've been away for the last two-thirds of a year , and I write to them and say , ‘ You 've been away for two-thirds of a year . |
| 5 | ( Lazing 's highly recommended if you 've been up for the 8.30am aerobics . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Because we 've been here for the discussion . |
| 8 | They 've been together for the past six years — which she cites as one very good reason why she did n't fall for Craig McLachlan while playing his leading lady . |