Example sentences of "have been [adv] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Official signs for a cycle path connecting Baird Road , Ratho Station , to the minor road from Ratho to Newbridge have been up for some time . |
| 2 | Few ‘ moderate missions ’ are definite either , despite proposals that have been around for many years . |
| 3 | Fax machines have been around for many years and the obvious benefit of being able to transmit documents and graphics by telephone is by no means newly perceived . |
| 4 | ‘ My family have been around for seventeen generations , do n't you know , so we feel we have n't an awful lot to prove . |
| 5 | Other English-speaking riders have been around for some years . |
| 6 | These are all approaches which have been around for some time — in the case of the perennial philosophy a very long time — and while , no doubt , they have a great deal to contribute , it is surely probable that the impulse for any paradigm shift will come from an unseen direction . |
| 7 | You know a lot of the erm shops that have been here for many years |
| 8 | ‘ We have been here for five years . |
| 9 | Some of the staff have been here for twenty years . |
| 10 | There can be reasons why people make a claim for asylum after they have been here for some time and we consider all cases properly . |
| 11 | It 's er in the report that we produced , most of the families are in fact single parent families , most of them are on Social Security benefits and have been on for considerable periods of time , but there are a number of people who are in employment or who have had periods of employment , but they are in low paid jobs , so when you 're talking about an income of one hundred pounds a week , with the sort of housing costs there are and other costs , then there simply is n't enough money to go round . |
| 12 | The roles of chairman and chief executive are segregated and have been so for nine years . |
| 13 | Once you are fully better , and have been so for some time , you can risk the occasional slice of white bread or a sliver of cake . |
| 14 | They have been out for fifteen minutes . |
| 15 | Since April , the United Mine Workers of America have been on strike here against the Pittston Company : 1,700 miners have been out for seven months and , despite intimidation , no one has gone back to work . |
| 16 | Or if members of a group are not familiar with each other , no mutual aid may occur until they have been together for some time . |
| 17 | The couple live apart and although they have been together for some time , you sense Clint 's fingers have been burned by his previous bad experiences . |
| 18 | Until recently , CHP systems — combined heat and power , also called co-generation — have been only for large hotels and have meant high capital outlays . |
| 19 | You can establish a much deeper contact with a partner through much of this year and , if you have been passion-less for some time , be prepared for things to change considerably . |
| 20 | The lights have been off for several months , bringing a protest from the RAFA . |
| 21 | We have been there for 20 years . |
| 22 | Brooke Alexander , of course , and Josh Baer , Ronald Feldman , Pat Hearn and Feature have been there for some time . |
| 23 | The most difficult part of getting out a galvanised hot water tank is likely to be disconnecting the pipes leading to and from the boiler particularly if they have been there for some time . |