Example sentences of "it [verb] been [adv] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not take the credit for inventing this — it has been around for many years . |
| 2 | How this name originated I have no idea , but I do know that it has been around for many generations for a jingle about this name has come down from the 19th century and it went : " Old Cribb , Young Cribb and Young Cribbs Son , if it had n't a been for Old Cribb there would n't have been none " . |
| 3 | Hongkong Bank is inheriting a bank in better shape than it has been in for more than a decade . |
| 4 | But , if it had been either of these , how would they get into the Tower , mysteriously ring a tocsin bell and then arrange for Mowbray 's fall ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | If it had been down to that one offence , Daine would be in court for ever , kept on life support until the end of the trial , or until the judge ruled that enough medical alterations had been made to render the accused legally another entity entirely . |
| 7 | ‘ I would think it 's been here for several days , sir . |
| 8 | Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time . |