Example sentences of "[pers pn] '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 ( Lazing 's highly recommended if you 've been up for the 8.30am aerobics .
12 You 've been up for weeks now , have n't you ?
13 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 .
14 " You 've been out for hours . "
15 You 've been off for a while .
16 how long you 've been off for , to unemployment
17 So we 've been up for some time cos the arms are wet where he 'd been sucking it !
18 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 .
19 It 's ages since we 've been out for a drink together , ’ Laura enthused .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 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 !
26 They 've been out for fifteen minutes .
27 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 .
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