Example sentences of "he [verb] been [adv] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gives them tremendous know-how , and the fact that he has been out for so long wo n't affect him . |
| 2 | He had been there for almost two weeks now , visiting Uncle Lionel . |
| 3 | The opportunity to escape from Reine appealed to Jean-Claude , even though he had been back for only a few weeks . |
| 4 | I 'm sure that Rex Bellamy wo n't mind me saying that in tennis terms at least , he 's been around for quite a while . |
| 5 | He 's been in the business a long time but believe it or not this is the first time he 's been inside for over twenty years . |
| 6 | He 's been out for nearly a week . |