Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] been [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Auntie Mavis has only been out for five to ten minutes twice cos of her knee . |
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 | Despite the fact that homoeopathy has now been around for close on two hundred years , very little research has been carried out either to attempt to understand how it works , or to prove that it does work . |
5 | ‘ He has n't been here for some time , ’ Hari answered . |
6 | He has n't been home for twelve months |