Example sentences of "[vb base] [been] [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been here for some time . |
| 2 | So we 've been up for some time cos the arms are wet where he 'd been sucking it ! |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ? |
| 5 | When you have been up for half an hour on a normal working day , how do you feel ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Few ‘ moderate missions ’ are definite either , despite proposals that have been around for many years . |
| 8 | Fax machines have been around for many years and the obvious benefit of being able to transmit documents and graphics by telephone is by no means newly perceived . |
| 9 | Other English-speaking riders have been around for some years . |
| 10 | Mammal-like animals have been around for some 200 million years but did n't become particularly numerous until about 70 million years ago , around the time the dinosaurs became extinct . |
| 11 | These are all approaches which have been around for some time — in the case of the perennial philosophy a very long time — and while , no doubt , they have a great deal to contribute , it is surely probable that the impulse for any paradigm shift will come from an unseen direction . |
| 12 | You know a lot of the erm shops that have been here for many years |
| 13 | 50 officers are involved in the hunt for the man 's attackers ; scenes of crime and forensic experts have been here for most of the day . |
| 14 | There can be reasons why people make a claim for asylum after they have been here for some time and we consider all cases properly . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Or if members of a group are not familiar with each other , no mutual aid may occur until they have been together for some time . |
| 17 | The couple live apart and although they have been together for some time , you sense Clint 's fingers have been burned by his previous bad experiences . |
| 18 | My client and his girlfriend have been together for some six year , they have three children aged six , five and four . |
| 19 | You can establish a much deeper contact with a partner through much of this year and , if you have been passion-less for some time , be prepared for things to change considerably . |
| 20 | The lights have been off for several months , bringing a protest from the RAFA . |
| 21 | You think of the people , I mean , these people have been there for all those years |
| 22 | Those papers have been there for more than a century . |
| 23 | Brooke Alexander , of course , and Josh Baer , Ronald Feldman , Pat Hearn and Feature have been there for some time . |
| 24 | The most difficult part of getting out a galvanised hot water tank is likely to be disconnecting the pipes leading to and from the boiler particularly if they have been there for some time . |