Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [been] [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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1 | I 've been here for some time . |
2 | The girl had been missing for what — a week ? — and off-hand he agreed with the local man 's judgement that she had been here for most of it . |
3 | You can establish a much deeper contact with a partner through much of this year and , if you have been passion-less for some time , be prepared for things to change considerably . |
4 | See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ? |
5 | There can be reasons why people make a claim for asylum after they have been here for some time and we consider all cases properly . |
6 | Or if members of a group are not familiar with each other , no mutual aid may occur until they have been together for some time . |
7 | The couple live apart and although they have been together for some time , you sense Clint 's fingers have been burned by his previous bad experiences . |
8 | The most difficult part of getting out a galvanised hot water tank is likely to be disconnecting the pipes leading to and from the boiler particularly if they have been there for some time . |
9 | He 'd had himself painted and sculptured again and again , and he 'd been there for all the world to see . |
10 | He 'd been there for some time . |
11 | Keith Sutton , prosecuting on behalf of Sefton Council 's Public Protection Department , told the court there was sufficient oil in the insect to suggest it had been there for some time . |
12 | He had been away for some hours . |
13 | There may be occasions when it is quite right or entirely understandable that an asylum applicant did not make his claim until he had been here for some time . |
14 | He looked as though he had been there for some time , and Shelley had a funny feeling that he was looking studiously down to hide the fact that he had been listening at the door to her conversation with Mrs Richards . |
15 | ‘ I would think it 's been here for several days , sir . |
16 | Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time . |