Example sentences of "[pron] have [be] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been here for decades untold in this court , never leaving it except in my mind , ranging to far stars yet never truly experiencing those elsewheres . |
| 2 | I have been here for more than two years I have lectured them . |
| 3 | Another decade was to pass before it really sank in , and he could write , ‘ What an ass I have been both for not knowing and for thinking I knew . |
| 4 | The hon. Gentleman must forgive me : I want to be fair to other hon. Members who have been here for a long time . |
| 5 | Others who have been home for a few months come in feeling as if their brains are becoming addled and wanting something to do . |
| 6 | You can establish a much deeper contact with a partner through much of this year and , if you have been passion-less for some time , be prepared for things to change considerably . |
| 7 | ‘ We have been here for five years . |
| 8 | It seems as though we have been away for years . |
| 9 | We have been there for 20 years . |
| 10 | But what I really liked was his face and we have been together for around five years . |
| 11 | There can be reasons why people make a claim for asylum after they have been here for some time and we consider all cases properly . |
| 12 | You can ask them for a sick note from their doctor , but only if they have been away for more than seven days . |
| 13 | If they have been together for a whole day or days in conference or retreat then there is a dynamic already present . |
| 14 | Or if members of a group are not familiar with each other , no mutual aid may occur until they have been together for some time . |
| 15 | The couple live apart and although they have been together for some time , you sense Clint 's fingers have been burned by his previous bad experiences . |
| 16 | They are there ; they have been there for years . |
| 17 | Rocks look more natural if you bed them into the gravel slightly , as if they have been there for years . |
| 18 | No footings were laid — the walls were built directly on the patio paving stones ; they have been there for years and I thought there was little chance of them subsiding . |
| 19 | The most difficult part of getting out a galvanised hot water tank is likely to be disconnecting the pipes leading to and from the boiler particularly if they have been there for some time . |
| 20 | ‘ But some of them have been here for ages , ’ she remonstrated . |