Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] been [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We decided to test a model that has been round for some time on the professional market , and is popular amongst tradesman working on side — the Makita 6012HDW Cordless Driver Drill . |
| 2 | Electronics is a universal tool that has been around for a while and which can be used to control electrical circuits — not a common art form . |
| 3 | Er it 's partly using some questions that 've been around for a very long time but there 're some subtle variations and some new ones added in , okay ? |
| 4 | When they first moved far enough into the courtyard to glimpse Gabriel sitting on his cloud , the morning sunshine dazzled eyes that had been indoors for days on end . |
| 5 | I 'd been sexually abused and all of a sudden the poison that had been there for years started boiling to the surface . |
| 6 | High living standards had encouraged migration to these republics from other parts of the USSR , and this became one of the issues most central to the development of a powerful and widely supported nationalist movement in the late 1980s , particularly since the Baltic nations were relatively few in number and tended to have low birth and high divorce rates ( in Latvia , where golden and silver wedding anniversaries had formerly been celebrated , there were ceremonies in the 1980s for couples that had been together for just a few years ) . |
| 7 | He was wearing the leather shoes that had been only for best until they grew too small for his feet and now had to be worn for school . |
| 8 | You know a lot of the erm shops that have been here for many years |
| 9 | Few ‘ moderate missions ’ are definite either , despite proposals that have been around for many years . |
| 10 | The flesh itself ranges from the blood red of the arriviste joint to the dull browny-purple bloom of those that have been there for the full three weeks . |
| 11 | that have been there for years have n't they ? |
| 12 | It was very good very very good for women that have been home for a long time and want to get their confidence back . |
| 13 | Computer Users of Europe ( CUE ) , a user group that 's been around for some time on an informal basis , has gone official : it has drafted a constitution and has a steering committee working on making it formal . |
| 14 | I mean surely that is a subject that 's been around for a hundred years ? |
| 15 | There 's a sign at the top of the road that 's been there for years , ever since they opened the new road , and it says ‘ Strome Ferry — no ferry ’ , and that just says it all . |
| 16 | ‘ He 's married a Welsh girl , has two Welsh kids and has been here for five years . |
| 17 | A landmark on the Waxholme/Withernsea road is the old Black Mill , and has been so for many generations . |
| 18 | It is made from M. spicata , but there are many other mints with various distinct aromas and flavours — garden mint is the most commonly used and has been so for many centuries . |
| 19 | She , it turned out , was away , and had been away for some weeks , touring the clubs in the North . |
| 20 | To make matters worse , the two men had been ordered to Germany to attend a conference , and had been away for eight days . |
| 21 | As veteran commentator George Melly remarked : ‘ The trad boom was both unexpected and untypical ; its heroes were far older than the norm and had been around for much longer ; the emphasis was instrumental rather than vocal ; the sexual aspect was almost non-existent . ’ |
| 22 | Even while it was registering on her from the newspapers in his hands that he was no lie-a-bed but was up and had been out for his paper , he was taking in the damp , startled look of her and , feigning surprise himself , ‘ It 's a mermaid ! ’ he declared . |
| 23 | Nicaragua was an American obsession and a dream , a proving-ground for ideology , and had been so for more than a century . |
| 24 | Armies are the main conventional weapon and have been around for over five millennia in various forms . |
| 25 | It 's er in the report that we produced , most of the families are in fact single parent families , most of them are on Social Security benefits and have been on for considerable periods of time , but there are a number of people who are in employment or who have had periods of employment , but they are in low paid jobs , so when you 're talking about an income of one hundred pounds a week , with the sort of housing costs there are and other costs , then there simply is n't enough money to go round . |
| 26 | Once you are fully better , and have been so for some time , you can risk the occasional slice of white bread or a sliver of cake . |
| 27 | The roles of chairman and chief executive are segregated and have been so for nine years . |