Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] been [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I 've been away for 10 years now and I 've been doing good work and making the right decisions about the work I do .
2 Well , I 've been away for three , well th the winters are n't as hard now as they used to be .
3 I 've been here for six months . ’
4 She said , ‘ I 've been here for three weeks , I have n't seen one movie star until now , ’ and she came over and got my autograph .
5 Well , Jim , I 've been here for three years , and no real food from that day to this .
6 I 've been here for some time .
7 But he added : ‘ I 've been around for 30-odd years so I 'd like to it was down to all my TV work .
8 Er , I 've been now for six and a half years , I think , at the last count , er , I know I 've served just over half my sentence .
9 I 've been out for five days ? ’ he demanded incredulously .
10 I 've been off for three or four time before for long a few years and
11 ‘ So you 've been here for two years , ’ teased Tony as she looked for her key and opened the door , ‘ and still no boyfriend ? ’
12 One of the , the tasks I have to do in May each year , is I write to the candidates who 've just taken a year off , who 've been away for the last two-thirds of a year , and I write to them and say , ‘ You 've been away for two-thirds of a year .
13 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 .
14 When you have been up for half an hour on a normal working day , how do you feel ?
15 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 .
16 Actually , we 've been here for 5 days already , but things have been a bit hectic .
17 We 've been here for six months .
18 ‘ But we 've been here for thousands of years !
19 Masklin said we 've been here for thousands of years .
20 It 's a shame for shopkeepers … we 've been here for three years and have always done an excellent job for them .
21 So we 've been up for some time cos the arms are wet where he 'd been sucking it !
22 We 've been together for five years , Lexy and I — she practically holds that company together .
23 We 've been together for 23 years .
24 We have been here for five years .
25 We have been there for 20 years .
26 They 've been together for fourteen years , they met at school .
27 But they 've been there for twenty years on that spot .
28 See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ?
29 They 've been out for fifteen minutes .
30 That is just called pentate it is not called E M penta any more equally you do n't have sec butile alcohol turk turt butile alcohol they 've been out for ten years !
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