Example sentences of "[pron] has been [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE problems of keeping walls in mortuary and undertakers ' premises clean and hygienic , while still keeping them attractive for the staff , is one which has been around for many years . |
| 2 | Axil 's existing compatibles are the $13,000 HWS-S210 which has been around for some time , the $17,000 HWS-S310 model 3.0 and the $23,500 HWS-S310 model 4.1 which are due next quarter . |
| 3 | I can not take the credit for inventing this — it has been around for many years . |
| 4 | How this name originated I have no idea , but I do know that it has been around for many generations for a jingle about this name has come down from the 19th century and it went : " Old Cribb , Young Cribb and Young Cribbs Son , if it had n't a been for Old Cribb there would n't have been none " . |
| 5 | Bill Wood of Durham called about it , desisted from hurling it in this direction and merely gave the fascinating information that it has been about for 1,500 years and started off in Anglo Saxon as sacleas , meaning ‘ without strife ’ . |
| 6 | Hongkong Bank is inheriting a bank in better shape than it has been in for more than a decade . |