Example sentences of "[vb -s] [been] [adv] for [det] " in BNC.

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1 Val Pinder who has been away for some months due to illness achieves a fantastic level of sales and came in fourth .
2 The Christian may be in a church which has been together for several hundred years , and so he knows there is a certain likelihood of it still being together next year !
3 A landmark on the Waxholme/Withernsea road is the old Black Mill , and has been so for many generations .
4 It is made from M. spicata , but there are many other mints with various distinct aromas and flavours — garden mint is the most commonly used and has been so for many centuries .
5 ‘ I would think it 's been here for several days , sir .
6 How has it been for yourself , obviously you 've been here with your children , your husband 's been away for more than a month , in Iraq , there must have been er terrible thoughts going through you mind at certain times ?
7 Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time .
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