Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [been] [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been here for some time . |
| 2 | Repeat name and date at every opportunity ; the sort of people who live in the East End like to know you 've been around for some time . |
| 3 | When you have been up for half an hour on a normal working day , how do you feel ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | So we 've been up for some time cos the arms are wet where he 'd been sucking it ! |
| 6 | See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |