Example sentences of "[vb base] been [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ So you 've been here for two years , ’ teased Tony as she looked for her key and opened the door , ‘ and still no boyfriend ? ’ |
2 | We 've been here for six months . |
3 | ‘ I 've been here for six months . ’ |
4 | Actually , we 've been here for 5 days already , but things have been a bit hectic . |
5 | ‘ But we 've been here for thousands of years ! |
6 | Masklin said we 've been here for thousands of years . |
7 | She said , ‘ I 've been here for three weeks , I have n't seen one movie star until now , ’ and she came over and got my autograph . |
8 | Well , Jim , I 've been here for three years , and no real food from that day to this . |
9 | It 's a shame for shopkeepers … we 've been here for three years and have always done an excellent job for them . |
10 | I 've been here for some time . |
11 | So we 've been up for some time cos the arms are wet where he 'd been sucking it ! |
12 | One of the , the tasks I have to do in May each year , is I write to the candidates who 've just taken a year off , who 've been away for the last two-thirds of a year , and I write to them and say , ‘ You 've been away for two-thirds of a year . |
13 | I 've been away for 10 years now and I 've been doing good work and making the right decisions about the work I do . |
14 | Well , I 've been away for three , well th the winters are n't as hard now as they used to be . |
15 | But he added : ‘ I 've been around for 30-odd years so I 'd like to it was down to all my TV work . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ? |
18 | But they 've been there for twenty years on that spot . |
19 | We 've been together for five years , Lexy and I — she practically holds that company together . |
20 | They 've been together for fourteen years , they met at school . |
21 | We 've been together for 23 years . |
22 | Er , I 've been now for six and a half years , I think , at the last count , er , I know I 've served just over half my sentence . |
23 | I 've been out for five days ? ’ he demanded incredulously . |
24 | They 've been out for fifteen minutes . |
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 | I 've been off for three or four time before for long a few years and |
27 | I was n't afraid of losing my boyfriend while I was in prison , because I 've seen people who 've been in for two years and their boyfriends still come and see them . |
28 | When you have been up for half an hour on a normal working day , how do you feel ? |
29 | 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 . |
30 | Leather trousers have been around for two or three years now , but PVC 's a good alternative and it 's cheaper ’ — Catriona Smith |