Example sentences of "have [been] [adv] [prep] [adj] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But no matter , and who am I to complain , certainly not to Jan , the lady of the maggots , who has been up since four and already whisked through acres of office carpet , scads of bins and oceans of scummy cups . |
| 2 | It has been up to nine or ten pound for |
| 3 | ‘ It must have been between half-past seven and eight . ’ |
| 4 | The boy in the photograph , whose age could have been anywhere between fifteen and twenty , was staring at the camera with startled eyes . |
| 5 | She could have been anywhere between twenty-five and forty , but Jezrael did n't care that her boss was n't wearing plastiface or that her hazel eyes looked like they might brim with mirth . |
| 6 | Both are US in origin , the Basler Turbo-67 having been around since 1988 and in ‘ production ’ at Oshkosh , Wisconsin , since 1990 . |
| 7 | Having been up since six and groomed Bones until the sweat ran ( his , not Bones 's ) he felt as if the day were three-quarters through . |
| 8 | Er , I 've been now for six and a half years , I think , at the last count , er , I know I 've served just over half my sentence . |
| 9 | I 've been off for three or four time before for long a few years and |
| 10 | ‘ Some of us have been up since six-thirty and I like to read . |
| 11 | Leather trousers have been around for two or three years now , but PVC 's a good alternative and it 's cheaper ’ — Catriona Smith |
| 12 | He added : ‘ We have been here since 1986 but it has been used as a guest house since 1965 . |
| 13 | We have been here since 1986 and during that time the town has gone completely down the pan . ’ |
| 14 | Aerospatiale and Socata have been there since 1911 and will probably be there for the next 80 years , whether they buy Piper or not . |
| 15 | The Jordanians are doing a magnificent job , keeping , keeping the show going erm people in those camps in many cases have been there for 4,5 or 7 days . |
| 16 | She 's been up since six and he is up |
| 17 | ‘ Ought n't you to be fetching Lisa — she 's been there since 3 and if they 're having a party tonight they 'd probably like to get her off their hands . ’ |