Example sentences of "[vb base] been [adv] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 I 've been here for years and this is the first conversation I 've had with a human for simply ages .
2 ‘ It 's not that early — I 've been up for ages , and I 'm leaving in a few minutes .
3 Yeah , you 're gon na have one in a minute I 've been up for ages !
4 You 've been up for weeks now , have n't you ?
5 " You 've been away for ages , " she says .
6 We 've been pally for years Sadie .
7 they and er they 've been around for centuries of course but er erm there 's all sorts of myths about them some of which are half-truths and some which un-truths .
8 Mhm cos they 've been there for ages have n't they Mary do n't you think ?
9 We 've been so at odds the past few days … ’
10 " You 've been out for hours . "
11 I 've been out with , I 've been out with loads
12 But it wo n't be that much because I 've been out of things for the last year and before that I had shut my eyes anyway .
13 ‘ Yes , I 've been out in fields hundreds o ’ times .
14 Oh , first time I 've been out in years on a Friday .
15 Posh have been up for grabs since last year and chairman John Devaney , a property magnate and ex-Oxford director , will sell if the price is right .
16 The posters have been up for weeks … when the powerboat circus comes to town … the streets and squares close down … everyone makes for the river … every bridge … and every balcony becomes a grandstand … a ring side seat for the big race …
17 Some of the titles currently optioned have been around for years , but the prospects are tantalising .
18 Doc Martens BOOTS have been around for years .
19 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 .
20 ‘ But some of them have been here for ages , ’ she remonstrated .
21 ‘ The Arbuthnots have been here for generations .
22 These have been here for months
23 Indeed , all the staff have been away on courses on this .
24 It seems as though we have been away for years .
25 Several dogs have been in for boosters and there 's a bitch to be spayed tomorrow .
26 She told The European newspaper : ‘ We have not been neutrals : we have been more like accomplices . ’
27 They are there ; they have been there for years .
28 Rocks look more natural if you bed them into the gravel slightly , as if they have been there for years .
29 that have been there for years have n't they ?
30 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 .
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