Example sentences of "[pron] 've be [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been away for a day or two ; I lost me father . ’ |
| 2 | Well , I 've been away for three , well th the winters are n't as hard now as they used to be . |
| 3 | And then again , if I 've been shut away in the Prison of Hostages , I expect I 've been away for quite a time . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I 've been away for a week and I had about 70 messgaes to read . |
| 6 | I 've been away for the past week and had loads of messages to come back to . |
| 7 | No , cos I 've been away for a couple of days . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been up for the past three hours , ’ he said , looking me up and down rather coldly . |
| 9 | I 've been up for a bath and we 've been looking at the room I shall occupy . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's not that early — I 've been up for ages , and I 'm leaving in a few minutes . |
| 11 | Yeah , you 're gon na have one in a minute I 've been up for ages ! |
| 12 | No , I 've been up for an hour ! |
| 13 | I 've been here for some time . |
| 14 | I 've been here for about a week now . ’ |
| 15 | I 've been here for years and this is the first conversation I 've had with a human for simply ages . |
| 16 | God Almighty , Nan , I 've been here for the past two hours without knowing hair nor hide of you . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Well , Jim , I 've been here for three years , and no real food from that day to this . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I 've been here for nearly a year now . ’ |
| 21 | Now please tell me if I 'm keeping you , I know I 've been here for a very long time |
| 22 | ‘ I 've been here for six months . ’ |
| 23 | But he added : ‘ I 've been around for 30-odd years so I 'd like to it was down to all my TV work . |
| 24 | Now , I 've been around for a lot of years and I know a bad girl when I see one . |
| 25 | Er , I 've been now for six and a half years , I think , at the last count , er , I know I 've served just over half my sentence . |
| 26 | I 've been out for five days ? ’ he demanded incredulously . |
| 27 | I 've been inside for over a decade , the fact that I could be out soon cares me . |
| 28 | First of all I thought I 'd tell you who I was I 'm a G P in er in New Harlow , in Bush Fair , and I 've been there for nearly three years now . |
| 29 | I 've been off for three or four time before for long a few years and |
| 30 | Do they have to produce a doctor 's note say look , I 've been off for |