Example sentences of "[vb base] been [adv] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So you 've been here for two years , ’ teased Tony as she looked for her key and opened the door , ‘ and still no boyfriend ? ’ |
| 2 | We 've been here for six months . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been here for six months . ’ |
| 4 | Actually , we 've been here for 5 days already , but things have been a bit hectic . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Well , Jim , I 've been here for three years , and no real food from that day to this . |
| 7 | It 's a shame for shopkeepers … we 've been here for three years and have always done an excellent job for them . |
| 8 | I 've been here for some time . |
| 9 | So we 've been up for some time cos the arms are wet where he 'd been sucking it ! |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | But he added : ‘ I 've been around for 30-odd years so I 'd like to it was down to all my TV work . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ? |
| 14 | But they 've been there for twenty years on that spot . |
| 15 | We 've been together for five years , Lexy and I — she practically holds that company together . |
| 16 | They 've been together for fourteen years , they met at school . |
| 17 | We 've been together for 23 years . |
| 18 | I 've been out for five days ? ’ he demanded incredulously . |
| 19 | They 've been out for fifteen minutes . |
| 20 | 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 ! |
| 21 | I was n't afraid of losing my boyfriend while I was in prison , because I 've seen people who 've been in for two years and their boyfriends still come and see them . |
| 22 | Official signs for a cycle path connecting Baird Road , Ratho Station , to the minor road from Ratho to Newbridge have been up for some time . |
| 23 | Few ‘ moderate missions ’ are definite either , despite proposals that have been around for many years . |
| 24 | Fax machines have been around for many years and the obvious benefit of being able to transmit documents and graphics by telephone is by no means newly perceived . |
| 25 | ‘ My family have been around for seventeen generations , do n't you know , so we feel we have n't an awful lot to prove . |
| 26 | Other English-speaking riders have been around for some years . |
| 27 | These are all approaches which have been around for some time — in the case of the perennial philosophy a very long time — and while , no doubt , they have a great deal to contribute , it is surely probable that the impulse for any paradigm shift will come from an unseen direction . |
| 28 | You know a lot of the erm shops that have been here for many years |
| 29 | ‘ We have been here for five years . |
| 30 | Some of the staff have been here for twenty years . |