Example sentences of "'ve been [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So you 've been here for two years , ’ teased Tony as she looked for her key and opened the door , ‘ and still no boyfriend ? ’ |
| 2 | We 've been here for six months . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been here for six months . ’ |
| 4 | Actually , we 've been here for 5 days already , but things have been a bit hectic . |
| 5 | She said , ‘ I 've been here for three weeks , I have n't seen one movie star until now , ’ and she came over and got my autograph . |
| 6 | Well , Jim , I 've been here for three years , and no real food from that day to this . |
| 7 | It 's a shame for shopkeepers … we 've been here for three years and have always done an excellent job for them . |
| 8 | I 've been here for some time . |
| 9 | I 've been on to this morning , asked me to and they have got thirty palettes there at the moment . |
| 10 | So we 've been up for some time cos the arms are wet where he 'd been sucking it ! |
| 11 | ‘ D' you mind tellin' me what you 've been up to all day ? ’ demanded Dolly . |
| 12 | I 've been away for 10 years now and I 've been doing good work and making the right decisions about the work I do . |
| 13 | You 've been away from active duty for a while , have n't you ? ’ |
| 14 | But he added : ‘ I 've been around for 30-odd years so I 'd like to it was down to all my TV work . |
| 15 | Repeat name and date at every opportunity ; the sort of people who live in the East End like to know you 've been around for some time . |
| 16 | See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ? |
| 17 | But they 've been there for twenty years on that spot . |
| 18 | ‘ Back home in Australia , you can play for my university there , Queensland , for ever , so long as you 've been there at some time . |
| 19 | ‘ This is the first time I 've been back in eight years , ’ says Brenda , who is at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall tonight and the Playhouse , Edinburgh , tomorrow . |
| 20 | We 've been together for five years , Lexy and I — she practically holds that company together . |
| 21 | They 've been together for fourteen years , they met at school . |
| 22 | We 've been together for 23 years . |
| 23 | We 've been out on this balcony a long time , and no one has come to interrupt us . |
| 24 | I 've been out for five days ? ’ he demanded incredulously . |
| 25 | They 've been out for fifteen minutes . |
| 26 | That is just called pentate it is not called E M penta any more equally you do n't have sec butile alcohol turk turt butile alcohol they 've been out for ten years ! |
| 27 | mind you , I 've , we 've just finished eating our tea , we 've been out to all hours doing the lawn , you know cutting the lawns all round the house |
| 28 | ‘ So , if you 're in your early twenties you 've been out of high school for several years ; what have you been doing ? ’ |
| 29 | I was n't afraid of losing my boyfriend while I was in prison , because I 've seen people who 've been in for two years and their boyfriends still come and see them . |