Example sentences of "been [adv] for about [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she did say on one occasion , after Cassie had been home for about two days : ‘ How 's that nice young man we met , Cassie ? |
| 2 | Ignore how you feel when you first wake and take note instead of how you feel after you have been up for about ten minutes — many people find those first waking moments difficult to cope with . |
| 3 | Comet is written in Basic , and although it has been around for about 20 years , is still widely used . |
| 4 | Comet is written in Basic , and although it has been around for about 20 years , is still widely used . |
| 5 | Its provisions have been around for about three years , since the right hon. Member for Shoreham ( Sir R. Luce ) introduced measures and ideas along those lines . |
| 6 | It 's rather like er I had a plant the other day , a marigold , and it had been there for about two weeks and it was a lovely plant , and er I noticed it beginning to droop and I thought , oh well it 's finished now , it 's in a pot . |
| 7 | When she had been there for about six weeks she received the Medical Superintendent 's recommendation for her bravery . |