Example sentences of "been [adv] for several " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Christian may be in a church which has been together for several hundred years , and so he knows there is a certain likelihood of it still being together next year ! |
| 2 | On 30 June Colonel Wilkinson was at his desk catching up on policy matters after having been away for several days visiting units in the Liverpool area and attending an Army Catering Corps Promotion Selection Board held at Exeter . |
| 3 | Only when Guy had been still for several minutes did she cross to the bench and set the pail down . |
| 4 | The lights have been off for several months , bringing a protest from the RAFA . |
| 5 | Normally , she would have been up for several hours and written a couple of thousand words . |
| 6 | ‘ I would think it 's been here for several days , sir . |
| 7 | The favourite trick , and this has been around for several years now , is to simply double the horizontal scanning frequency so that a 300 by 300 printer becomes a 300 by 600 . |
| 8 | If the builders of this artificial paradise had not been around for several millennia — as Alex Bannen seemed to think — how come the flora and fauna had n't run riot and completely ruined the environment ? |
| 9 | You 've just said you have n't been around for several weeks . |
| 10 | There we dropped off one hunter and his labrador , and collected two others who had been there for several days , totally alone with their guns , their butane gas stove , the deer and the eternal forests surrounding them . |
| 11 | The couple next door said she had n't been there for several days . |