Example sentences of "he [verb] been [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd been here for forty-odd years , so he was the chap behind me , if you like . |
| 2 | and he 'd been away for three months so that you know I mean |
| 3 | He 'd had himself painted and sculptured again and again , and he 'd been there for all the world to see . |
| 4 | He 'd been there for some time . |
| 5 | He had been away for some hours . |
| 6 | There may be occasions when it is quite right or entirely understandable that an asylum applicant did not make his claim until he had been here for some time . |
| 7 | ‘ He had been there for two nights , sinking deeper and deeper , ’ but the troops , obsessed by their own suffering , passed by without so much as casting a glance at the wretched beast . |
| 8 | He looked as though he had been there for some time , and Shelley had a funny feeling that he was looking studiously down to hide the fact that he had been listening at the door to her conversation with Mrs Richards . |
| 9 | Jackie said he 's been up for seven o'clock . |
| 10 | ‘ He 's been back for two days . ’ |
| 11 | He 's been out for some time . |