Example sentences of "[pron] 've be [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been up for the past three hours , ’ he said , looking me up and down rather coldly . |
| 2 | I 've been up for a bath and we 've been looking at the room I shall occupy . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's not that early — I 've been up for ages , and I 'm leaving in a few minutes . |
| 4 | Yeah , you 're gon na have one in a minute I 've been up for ages ! |
| 5 | No , I 've been up for an hour ! |
| 6 | But he added : ‘ I 've been around for 30-odd years so I 'd like to it was down to all my TV work . |
| 7 | Now , I 've been around for a lot of years and I know a bad girl when I see one . |
| 8 | I 've been out for five days ? ’ he demanded incredulously . |
| 9 | I 've been off for three or four time before for long a few years and |
| 10 | Do they have to produce a doctor 's note say look , I 've been off for |
| 11 | How come the Europeans accept musicians who 've been around for a while , but we British just pour scorn on them as has-beens ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ( Lazing 's highly recommended if you 've been up for the 8.30am aerobics . |
| 14 | You 've been up for weeks now , have n't you ? |
| 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 | " You 've been out for hours . " |
| 17 | You 've been off for a while . |
| 18 | how long you 've been off for , to unemployment |
| 19 | So we 've been up for some time cos the arms are wet where he 'd been sucking it ! |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It 's ages since we 've been out for a drink together , ’ Laura enthused . |
| 22 | I might , for Phil , for Phil to wind down , he 'll come in , say we 've been out for a meal or whatever , he 'll come in and he 'll sit down in front of the television . |
| 23 | The German Dynacord company remain relatively unheralded within the modern music industry , even though they 've been around for over forty years , in fact since the very inception of electronic amplification . |
| 24 | Thank you erm I hardly ever comment on these but I just , I was n't sure what because quite often these things go under another guise , but there are a number of schemes on the drawing board for investigation as you all know and Mr will know some of those they 've been around for , for some years . |
| 25 | they and er they 've been around for centuries of course but er erm there 's all sorts of myths about them some of which are half-truths and some which un-truths . |
| 26 | She 's act she er they 've been down for a for a flying visit , I think , th they like to fly and fly back because it gets th the fre used to the freedom . |
| 27 | 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 ! |
| 28 | They 've been out for fifteen minutes . |
| 29 | By which time the tenants have come home from work or they 've been out for a few hours , say they 've been out from twelve till six . |