Example sentences of "been [adv] for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't enough ; it had n't been enough for a long time . |
| 2 | I did n't know Julia had n't been in for a long while . |
| 3 | And , as I say , we 've been together for a long time and the appointment , the changeover of the appointments |
| 4 | If they have been together for a whole day or days in conference or retreat then there is a dynamic already present . |
| 5 | We 've been away for a long time . |
| 6 | ‘ After all , you 've been away for a long time , and you know the old saying — ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Because Shiva , his father , who 'd been away for a long time , found him in the wife 's bedroom on his return and assumed that he was her toyboy . |
| 8 | No , Lindsey told herself , as she showered and slipped into a warm towelling robe , it had actually been over for a long time . |
| 9 | The trapped feeling must have been because she had been indoors for a long time . |
| 10 | It was very good very very good for women that have been home for a long time and want to get their confidence back . |
| 11 | Daisy had been back for a long time ; she looked white and pinched . |
| 12 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
| 13 | Then she said , quietly , ‘ Yes , although I have n't been here for a long time . |
| 14 | Although I 've been here for a long time , I 've got my house , got my family here , I 've got comfortable living , although not er luxurious but er normal standard , better standard than I could have in India . |
| 15 | The hon. Gentleman must forgive me : I want to be fair to other hon. Members who have been here for a long time . |
| 16 | I mean he 's , I think we 'll miss him , but I think he 's entitled to a move he 's been here for a little while |
| 17 | Marijuana , liberalism , wild living and protestation had been around for a long time . |
| 18 | As W Somerset Maugham once pointed out , short stories have been around for a long time . |
| 19 | The principles of magnetic recording had been around for a long time . |
| 20 | Modernism , by then , had been around for a long time , and much of it looked ready to be stacked away into the attic . |
| 21 | Artificial pitches have been around for a long time , and this was particularly well illustrated in Holland , where they were rolling out their red shale-type material and putting coconut matting over it 40 years ago . |
| 22 | The problem 's been around for a long time , but what 's new is that in an age when women are releasing themselves from stereotypical roles of submission , it 's the men still locked into emotionally repressive macho fantasies who are having all the problems . |
| 23 | Well I think it 's been open to any higher education institution to grab this idea because it 's been around for a long time , the great beauty of Napier is to some degree it 's a centre of excellence it 's got its B A course so has Queen Margaret but at the bottom end but why should I say the bottom end at the bottom end it 's got the B A communications course at the top end it 's got apprentice training for printers . |
| 24 | Maybe we 've just misunderstood , even though we 've been around for a long time , my own trades council in Battersea and Wandsworth celebrated its hundredth anniversary this year . |
| 25 | Is this a new disease , something we 've discovered recently , or has it been around for a long time ? |
| 26 | She felt as if she were not really there , as if she had not really been there for a long time . |
| 27 | He told me he had been there for a long time dying . |
| 28 | Er although most people think it 's been there for a long time , it has n't . |
| 29 | The social dimension of the Community has been there for a long time . |
| 30 | " Signs of a coming plateau have been there for a long time and are now getting better and better " , according to independent consultant Richard Kimberlin . |