Example sentences of "have been [prep] [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he said quickly , for the first time sounding awkward , " You have been with Jasper a long time , have n't you ? " |
| 2 | The MPs are part of a six-strong Commons party who have been in India a week . |
| 3 | ‘ I have been in Paris a week . |
| 4 | ‘ You ca n't sack a man because of his friends , ’ he said forthrightly , ‘ and Caretaker 's family have been in Medewich a long time . |
| 5 | It will mainly be because they have been in office a long time , and because of the recession . |
| 6 | ‘ I have been in politics a bit longer than some of my colleagues , ’ he said on BBC TV 's On the Record yesterday . |
| 7 | We have been in business a long time and not being selected by one particular country is not going to have a significant effect on us at all . ’ |