Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] been [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Secondly , a while ago I mentioned that a guy called Alan Byrne had been over for a trial , in Elland Road , from Shamrock Rovers in Dublin . |
| 3 | Official signs for a cycle path connecting Baird Road , Ratho Station , to the minor road from Ratho to Newbridge have been up for some time . |
| 4 | Version 1 of Rescalc has been around for some years and is today regarded as rather palaeolithic . |
| 5 | Daisy had been back for a long time ; she looked white and pinched . |
| 6 | Europe has been around for a few thousand years and to be the first European under ten seconds … well ! |
| 7 | She and Lewis had been out for a meal the night before . |
| 8 | Tommy and Iain had been out for fifteen minutes . |
| 9 | Schmeichel has been out for two matches with a poisoned hand . |