Example sentences of "have been [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ My family have been around for seventeen generations , do n't you know , so we feel we have n't an awful lot to prove . |
| 32 | Another decade was to pass before it really sank in , and he could write , ‘ What an ass I have been both for not knowing and for thinking I knew . |
| 33 | ‘ The Arbuthnots have been here for generations . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | On the one hand , ethnic minorities currently settled in Britain have been here for a relatively short period of time , and it seems that circumstances of migration and initial settlement are conditions under which support between siblings assumes greater significance than it might otherwise do — a point illustrated by the patterns of chain migration and of joint households which I discussed earlier in this chapter . |
| 36 | You know a lot of the erm shops that have been here for many years |
| 37 | ‘ We have been here for five years . |
| 38 | There can be reasons why people make a claim for asylum after they have been here for some time and we consider all cases properly . |
| 39 | The hon. Gentleman must forgive me : I want to be fair to other hon. Members who have been here for a long time . |
| 40 | ‘ But some of them have been here for ages , ’ she remonstrated . |
| 41 | Some of the staff have been here for twenty years . |
| 42 | Some of the trees in this ancient woodland have been here for more than 300 years . |
| 43 | The horses have been here for a year but up until yesterday the doors have been closed to the fans … yesterday they were opened up and thousands rolled up . |
| 44 | 50 officers are involved in the hunt for the man 's attackers ; scenes of crime and forensic experts have been here for most of the day . |
| 45 | It is up for sale and the Chinese have been here for a fortnight having a look around it . |
| 46 | These have been here for months |
| 47 | I have been here for more than two years I have lectured them . |
| 48 | You can ask them for a sick note from their doctor , but only if they have been away for more than seven days . |
| 49 | It seems as though we have been away for years . |
| 50 | It 's er in the report that we produced , most of the families are in fact single parent families , most of them are on Social Security benefits and have been on for considerable periods of time , but there are a number of people who are in employment or who have had periods of employment , but they are in low paid jobs , so when you 're talking about an income of one hundred pounds a week , with the sort of housing costs there are and other costs , then there simply is n't enough money to go round . |
| 51 | Once you are fully better , and have been so for some time , you can risk the occasional slice of white bread or a sliver of cake . |
| 52 | The roles of chairman and chief executive are segregated and have been so for nine years . |
| 53 | Since April , the United Mine Workers of America have been on strike here against the Pittston Company : 1,700 miners have been out for seven months and , despite intimidation , no one has gone back to work . |
| 54 | Many people who have been out for a number of years have friends and lovers who have died or may die . |
| 55 | They have been out for fifteen minutes . |
| 56 | He said : ‘ I have been out for nearly 14 months and now there is a great rush to get me back in the squad . |
| 57 | Others who have been home for a few months come in feeling as if their brains are becoming addled and wanting something to do . |
| 58 | It was very good very very good for women that have been home for a long time and want to get their confidence back . |
| 59 | If they have been together for a whole day or days in conference or retreat then there is a dynamic already present . |
| 60 | Or if members of a group are not familiar with each other , no mutual aid may occur until they have been together for some time . |