Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] be [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although many would now see this HCF model as pushing RE into a backwater if it is pursued on its own , it is still a highly influential view , and is likely to go on being so for some time because Agreed Syllabuses on the whole encourage it . |
| 2 | ‘ Old Mr Fiddle has not been there for some time , Rose , ’ said Dagmar from the door . |
| 3 | Even such an exalted pedigree as this , though , has not been enough for some of Britain 's big stores . |
| 4 | ‘ He has n't been here for some time , ’ Hari answered . |
| 5 | If the builders of this artificial paradise had not been around for several millennia — as Alex Bannen seemed to think — how come the flora and fauna had n't run riot and completely ruined the environment ? |
| 6 | It had probably been there for some time ! |
| 7 | The doctor , who had now been there for some time , and was looking at his watch , had been explaining . |
| 8 | They had n't been out for any days since Adam had been at home . |
| 9 | I had n't been there for more than a minute when the skipper bellowed : ‘ This is melanoma country , mate . |
| 10 | The couple next door said she had n't been there for several days . |
| 11 | This team have only been together for less than a year and it is getting better all the time . |
| 12 | One song reveals the damaging influence on their minds of their sojourn in London : ‘ Soccer Fan ’ is a peon of praise to Everton 's midfield cruncher , Norman Whiteside. l CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT Get Ahead ( Mercury ) You can tell that Curiosity Killed The Cat have n't been around for some time . |
| 13 | You 've just said you have n't been around for several weeks . |
| 14 | have n't been there for many years |