Example sentences of "'ve [been] in [noun sg] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ People are saying , if you 've been in existence for two and a half years , perhaps you 've got something about you , ’ he says . |
| 2 | You 've been in bed for eight o'clock last night it 's now nine what 's that , thirteen odd hours ? |
| 3 | I 've been in business for 43 years . |
| 4 | ‘ The British people will say to themselves : ‘ Well here 's a government that 's got a majority of 100 , they 've been in office for 10 years , they 've had all these opportunities , and at the end of 10 years all they can think of to do is to make individual attacks on the Leader of the Opposition . ’ |
| 5 | You 've been in office for four months . |
| 6 | You 'll be surprised to learn that I am still in Nanking : I 've been in hospital for 6 days with gastro-enteritis , but I 'm glad to say now I 'm fine , and am due to travel to Shanghai tomorrow . |