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

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1 But he had only been away for three days .
2 ‘ Old Mr Fiddle has not been there for some time , Rose , ’ said Dagmar from the door .
3 It had probably been there for some time !
4 The doctor , who had now been there for some time , and was looking at his watch , had been explaining .
5 Despite their 20-year age gap , the couple have now been together for eight years and run a pub in Amersham , Bucks .
6 You have n't been here for last week did you ?
7 ‘ He has n't been here for some time , ’ Hari answered .
8 He has n't been home for twelve months
9 have n't been there for many years
10 The couple next door said she had n't been there for several days .
11 ‘ Friday nights because we have n't been together for four nights , Sundays because we know there are another four ahead of us , and … why Saturdays ? ’
12 We have n't been together for three months .
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