Example sentences of "[verb] been [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea has been around for ages , of course — people using two thin woollen sweaters rather than one thick . |
| 2 | The theory of risk compensation , which has been around for years , says that drivers adjust the amount of risks they take to keep their perceived level of risk constant . |
| 3 | Another group , the Ridgewood-Bushwick Senior Citizen Council , has been around for years without promising amenities like that ; one of Bushwick 's biggest employers , it has stuck to various welfare and housing services . |
| 4 | The journalist spends time on the story and then discovers that the subject has been around for years . |
| 5 | Road pricing has been up for discussion for some time as a possible way of alleviating the high levels of traffic congestion in many city centres . |
| 6 | In practical terms they call for the government to help buy and protect the Mar Lodge Estate — 77 000 acre plot of land in the Cairngorms which has been up for sale since May . |
| 7 | I found her bustling about with a feather duster looking as if she 'd been up for hours . |
| 8 | He must have been around for years but I did n't know what his name was . |
| 9 | But if she came and found Tina up she could pretend to herself that Tina had been up for hours , and was a normal person and a proper mother . |
| 10 | He had been up for hours , out on the farm , before eating . |
| 11 | And I saw a dear little shed that someone had made into a craft shop , and the woman said no one had been in for ages , and was n't she pleased to see me … ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It 's not that early — I 've been up for ages , and I 'm leaving in a few minutes . |
| 13 | Yeah , you 're gon na have one in a minute I 've been up for ages ! |
| 14 | You 've been up for weeks now , have n't you ? |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | " You 've been out for hours . " |
| 17 | Posh have been up for grabs since last year and chairman John Devaney , a property magnate and ex-Oxford director , will sell if the price is right . |
| 18 | The posters have been up for weeks … when the powerboat circus comes to town … the streets and squares close down … everyone makes for the river … every bridge … and every balcony becomes a grandstand … a ring side seat for the big race … |
| 19 | Some of the titles currently optioned have been around for years , but the prospects are tantalising . |
| 20 | Doc Martens BOOTS have been around for years . |
| 21 | Several dogs have been in for boosters and there 's a bitch to be spayed tomorrow . |
| 22 | Well it 's been gone , it 's been built for a year er er er er it 's been up for ages has n't it ? |
| 23 | ‘ Och , that 's been up for days , ’ replied Tam scornfully . |
| 24 | Well I think we 'll have to re-look at the whole question of village envelopes in certain cases , where it is decided that low cost housing is desirable , and see if in some way , they can encourage the farmer to make land available so that he can make some money which he badly needs at the moment , as agriculture 's going through one of the biggest depressions it 's been through for years . |