Example sentences of "[vb base] been [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been here for years and this is the first conversation I 've had with a human for simply ages . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's not that early — I 've been up for ages , and I 'm leaving in a few minutes . |
| 3 | Yeah , you 're gon na have one in a minute I 've been up for ages ! |
| 4 | You 've been up for weeks now , have n't you ? |
| 5 | " You 've been away for ages , " she says . |
| 6 | We 've been pally for years Sadie . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Mhm cos they 've been there for ages have n't they Mary do n't you think ? |
| 9 | " You 've been out for hours . " |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 … |
| 12 | Some of the titles currently optioned have been around for years , but the prospects are tantalising . |
| 13 | Doc Martens BOOTS have been around for years . |
| 14 | I have been here for decades untold in this court , never leaving it except in my mind , ranging to far stars yet never truly experiencing those elsewheres . |
| 15 | ‘ But some of them have been here for ages , ’ she remonstrated . |
| 16 | ‘ The Arbuthnots have been here for generations . |
| 17 | These have been here for months |
| 18 | It seems as though we have been away for years . |
| 19 | Several dogs have been in for boosters and there 's a bitch to be spayed tomorrow . |
| 20 | They are there ; they have been there for years . |
| 21 | Rocks look more natural if you bed them into the gravel slightly , as if they have been there for years . |
| 22 | that have been there for years have n't they ? |
| 23 | No footings were laid — the walls were built directly on the patio paving stones ; they have been there for years and I thought there was little chance of them subsiding . |