Example sentences of "[vb -s] been [adv] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same family has closed it 's delicatessen which has now become an art shop and the butcher whose family has been here for 176 years , closes this weekend . |
| 2 | ‘ He 's married a Welsh girl , has two Welsh kids and has been here for five years . |
| 3 | Manager Sue Surrey is seen here being presented with the southern regional quarterly audit prize by Eugene Kertzman and CCG client Ewart Wooldridge , and she has no doubt about the reason : ‘ CCG has been here for 12 years , myself for the last seven , and you can put our success down to working together as a team . |
| 4 | Today people spend their money more evenly and the standard of hospitality has improved This unit has been here for ten years and can take 350 people , it 's well established . |
| 5 | Val Pinder who has been away for some months due to illness achieves a fantastic level of sales and came in fourth . |
| 6 | She added that the faun 's condition was good although ‘ it has been outside for 35 years and is a bit green . ’ |
| 7 | It has been there for two weeks and can not be released because the 3,500 troops promised by the United Nations to secure food convoys and get them moving have not arrived . |
| 8 | She has been there for two years . |
| 9 | ‘ People say the earth must be sour , but it has been there for eighteen years and still grows plants . |
| 10 | The carpet has been there for three years and is still in good condition — the only signs of wear are the marks left by ‘ wee Lachie ’ , the Stewarts ' three-year-old son . |
| 11 | A landmark on the Waxholme/Withernsea road is the old Black Mill , and has been so for many generations . |
| 12 | It is made from M. spicata , but there are many other mints with various distinct aromas and flavours — garden mint is the most commonly used and has been so for many centuries . |
| 13 | ‘ Or maybe she just learned from a more rational neighbour that the real Delia has been abroad for six months . |
| 14 | ‘ I would think it 's been here for several days , sir . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm not saying they won because of that , but … people are used to it , it 's been there for 20 years . ’ |
| 16 | Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time . |
| 17 | A Turk who 's been there for ten days and the club handyman . ’ |
| 18 | it 's been inside for two hours and ca n't get out |