Example sentences of "[vb -s] be [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ No one has been there for years , I would swear it . ’
2 This has been so for decades and there is little on the horizon that threatens to curtail it .
3 This has been so for centuries , and afflicts all nations .
4 ‘ He 's been here for hours , though .
5 No one 's been here for years . ’
6 It 's been there for ages and ages and ages .
7 He 's been there for weeks and I could have done the whole thing in a couple of days .
8 There 's a sign at the top of the road that 's been there for years , ever since they opened the new road , and it says ‘ Strome Ferry — no ferry ’ , and that just says it all .
9 She 's been there for months — it 's a long-term project …
10 We broke that , or that was broke er , but we 'll blame the carrier now and look at it , then our security guy goes out and they know it 's been sitting around someone 's you know , it 's been there for months !
11 It is as though he 's been inside for months .
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