Example sentences of "been [adv] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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31 The Orynthia had been away for eight months ; and only one member of the returning crew , we may not be surprised to hear , decided to risk a voyage in her again — George Groves , the boy apprentice .
32 I 've been away for 10 years now and I 've been doing good work and making the right decisions about the work I do .
33 Trotter had been away for two weeks .
34 On 30 June Colonel Wilkinson was at his desk catching up on policy matters after having been away for several days visiting units in the Liverpool area and attending an Army Catering Corps Promotion Selection Board held at Exeter .
35 He had been away for some hours .
36 She , it turned out , was away , and had been away for some weeks , touring the clubs in the North .
37 Val Pinder who has been away for some months due to illness achieves a fantastic level of sales and came in fourth .
38 But he had only been away for three days .
39 and he 'd been away for three months so that you know I mean
40 His section has been over for some time . ’
41 She added that the faun 's condition was good although ‘ it has been outside for 35 years and is a bit green . ’
42 Curiously , one of the first applications of the JPEG standard has been not for still images but for motion video .
43 Only when Guy had been still for several minutes did she cross to the bench and set the pail down .
44 He has n't been home for twelve months
45 ‘ But I 'd been home for two hours when Silvia got back .
46 Irvine , California-based Pick Systems in its umpteenth resurgence has rehired two of its old lieutenants : Richard Lauer , who 's been off for six years at Sequoia Computer Systems Inc , returns as vice president , sales and Tim Holland , credited with many of Pick 's technical developments , returns from stints at Sequoia and Concurrent Computer Corp to be senior vice president , technology .
47 Pick Systems in its umpteenth resurgence has rehired two of its old lieutenants : Richard Lauer , who 's been off for six years at Sequoia Computer Systems Inc , returns as vice president , sales and Tim Holland , credited with many of Pick 's technical developments , returns from stints at Sequoia and Concurrent Computer Corp to be senior vice president , technology .
48 The lights have been off for several months , bringing a protest from the RAFA .
49 She had been up for five hours .
50 Official signs for a cycle path connecting Baird Road , Ratho Station , to the minor road from Ratho to Newbridge have been up for some time .
51 The building was not built in ninety one , whether there 's any relevance or not , where they 're trying to prove that the building has been up for some time , they 'd say , it 's not , that building was put up this year .
52 So we 've been up for some time cos the arms are wet where he 'd been sucking it !
53 Normally , she would have been up for several hours and written a couple of thousand words .
54 ‘ He 's been back for two days . ’
55 The ‘ Great Debate ’ about education had been underway for some time and though it was clear that the curriculum was in need of change , it was less clear how much change should take place at Hinde House , bearing in mind the need for teachers to have ownership of curriculum delivery if higher standards and a wide range of learning experiences were to permeate the whole curriculum rather than making a series of peripheral and ephemeral alterations to an already redundant approach .
56 Schmeichel has been out for two matches with a poisoned hand .
57 I 've been out for five days ? ’ he demanded incredulously .
58 Well if th if there 's somebody whose listening in the Derby area who can help us with a street lamp that 's out and it 's rather important that it get put on , and it 's been out for six weeks now
59 I had been out for many hours that day and had covered many miles of jungle with unflagging caution , but without one moment , s unease , and then , on cresting the ridge , and coming in sight of the rocks , I knew they held danger for me , and this knowledge was confirmed a few minutes later by the kakar 's warning call to the jungle folk , and by my finding the man-eater 's pug marks superimposed on my footprints .
60 They 've been out for fifteen minutes .
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