Example sentences of "he [vb past] been [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd had himself painted and sculptured again and again , and he 'd been there for all the world to see . |
| 2 | He 'd been there for some time . |
| 3 | He had been away for some hours . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |