Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] been [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he had only been away for three days . |
| 2 | It might not have been a very long missive , but it brought Aubrey into the room as if they had not been apart for two whole years . |
| 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 | References in the work of Constantine Porphyrogenitus , written in the tenth century , indicate that they were settled in Dalmatia in his time and had probably been there for two hundred years . |
| 5 | It had probably been there for some time ! |
| 6 | The doctor , who had now been there for some time , and was looking at his watch , had been explaining . |
| 7 | you know , it is just so frustrating , you know and er some of these kids he said and the language they use , one girl came in , she had n't been in for three or four days , he had n't met her and he said hello you must be such and such er |
| 8 | They had n't been out for any days since Adam had been at home . |
| 9 | I had n't been there for more than a minute when the skipper bellowed : ‘ This is melanoma country , mate . |
| 10 | The couple next door said she had n't been there for several days . |