Example sentences of "[adv] been [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new Landrat of Gunzenhausen , a former Franconian bastion of National Socialism , wrote in his first monthly report after the end of the Third Reich , in August 1945 : ‘ Although the war has only been over for a few months , National Socialism is hardly ever spoken about , and when at all , only in a negative sense . |
| 2 | Another argument is that advertising has only been around for a while , so how can that be the reason for all our hang-ups , but that 's not true either . |
| 3 | How do you know this is love , your prose side whispers like a sceptical lawyer , it 's only been around for a few weeks , a few months . |
| 4 | It may seem as if it has been with us forever , but the ubiquitous American Express chargecard has , in fact , only been around for 35 years . |
| 5 | Oh do n't it 's only been on for about er , the last half an hour it 's not it 's a cross a crucifix is got bigger on it . |
| 6 | He had only been back for a few hours when company orders were posted showing that Colonel Hamilton wished to see Lance-Corporal Trumper at eleven hundred hours the following morning . |
| 7 | Auntie Mavis has only been out for five to ten minutes twice cos of her knee . |
| 8 | He had only been in for a few nights after his first summer holiday in the five years I 'd owned him . |
| 9 | She knew she had been dismissed from Algox because she had not been up for grabs . |
| 10 | If the builders of this artificial paradise had not been around for several millennia — as Alex Bannen seemed to think — how come the flora and fauna had n't run riot and completely ruined the environment ? |
| 11 | You 've not been on for a while have you ? |
| 12 | Good you 've not been on for a while either have you ? |
| 13 | not been on for ages . |
| 14 | It 's 0700 on the 30 June and my body has already been up for an hour and run four miles . |
| 15 | It 's a new one that 's only just been around for the last fifty years . |
| 16 | He'd' 've had really , well this is the he goes back on Monday and he 've had a month off been off for a month . |
| 17 | I 'd hardly been back for years — only briefly , when Mama died . |
| 18 | He had seen Frank 's mutilated back when they had both been down for screening , and had been deeply shocked . |
| 19 | She had clearly been out for the evening . |
| 20 | Despite the fact that homoeopathy has now been around for close on two hundred years , very little research has been carried out either to attempt to understand how it works , or to prove that it does work . |
| 21 | ‘ I have n't been up for a while , ’ her father said , implying a total absence of mind , and some of body , too . |
| 22 | I do n't know I have n't been up for years . |
| 23 | PET ‘ HOTEL HATES ’ ( THE FREQUENT ONES ) * narrow stairs and no lifts * low shower pressure * telephone kiosks built for left-handed midgets * only one plug , down on the floor under the bed and 5AMP * hairdryers on 1m fixed lead from the floor socket 3m away from wall mirror facing opposite direction * just two 40 watt lamps to read and work by * toilet rolls positioned for contortionists only * room service that brings each course separately throughout Dallas * radiators that have n't been on for years * radiators that wo n't go off * basins that take half an hour to empty after you 've cleaned your teeth and you want to shave * stoppers that hang under the cold water tap but do n't reach the drain * stoppers that have no chain so you wallow in the dirty water to find them * toilets where you can sit down or close the door but not both |
| 24 | Well of course it 's not on , it has n't been on for weeks . |
| 25 | One song reveals the damaging influence on their minds of their sojourn in London : ‘ Soccer Fan ’ is a peon of praise to Everton 's midfield cruncher , Norman Whiteside. l CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT Get Ahead ( Mercury ) You can tell that Curiosity Killed The Cat have n't been around for some time . |
| 26 | ‘ Why do n't you tell me about it ? — Sorry I have n't been around for the last couple of days . |
| 27 | And I wo n't spare a minute 's thought for the fact that Piers has n't been around for the entire day , and lord only knows what he 's getting up to with Nicole . |
| 28 | You 've just said you have n't been around for several weeks . |
| 29 | He had n't been round for days . |
| 30 | Cos you know she usually do if I have n't been round for a while she 'll say oh what 's the matter , have I done something wrong or why you have n't been round or Perhaps she thinks well it 's too far to come . |