Example sentences of "have [be] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lowe ball-nuts have been around for a while and they are one of the best devices of this sort that I have used so far . |
| 2 | Pension funds have been around for a century or more , but their modern form was set in 1950 when Charles Wilson , then president of General Motors , set up a fund for his workers . |
| 3 | As W Somerset Maugham once pointed out , short stories have been around for a long time . |
| 4 | 3D spreadsheets have been around for a while , but have tended to be rather cumbersome to use . |
| 5 | They have been around for a very long time , as I said , dating right back to Model Book 35 in fact , which appeared in 1982 . |
| 6 | Artificial pitches have been around for a long time , and this was particularly well illustrated in Holland , where they were rolling out their red shale-type material and putting coconut matting over it 40 years ago . |
| 7 | ‘ Those who have been around for a while and waited on an international chance tend to appreciate it all the more when one arrives , ’ he said . |
| 8 | Many people who have been out for a number of years have friends and lovers who have died or may die . |
| 9 | Oh I see , they have been about for a while . |