Example sentences of "[vb -s] been [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea has been around for ages , of course — people using two thin woollen sweaters rather than one thick . |
| 2 | The theory of risk compensation , which has been around for years , says that drivers adjust the amount of risks they take to keep their perceived level of risk constant . |
| 3 | Another group , the Ridgewood-Bushwick Senior Citizen Council , has been around for years without promising amenities like that ; one of Bushwick 's biggest employers , it has stuck to various welfare and housing services . |
| 4 | The journalist spends time on the story and then discovers that the subject has been around for years . |
| 5 | Road pricing has been up for discussion for some time as a possible way of alleviating the high levels of traffic congestion in many city centres . |
| 6 | In practical terms they call for the government to help buy and protect the Mar Lodge Estate — 77 000 acre plot of land in the Cairngorms which has been up for sale since May . |
| 7 | ‘ No one has been there for years , I would swear it . ’ |
| 8 | This has been so for decades and there is little on the horizon that threatens to curtail it . |
| 9 | This has been so for centuries , and afflicts all nations . |
| 10 | ‘ He 's been here for hours , though . |
| 11 | No one 's been here for years . ’ |
| 12 | Well it 's been gone , it 's been built for a year er er er er it 's been up for ages has n't it ? |
| 13 | ‘ Och , that 's been up for days , ’ replied Tam scornfully . |
| 14 | Well I think we 'll have to re-look at the whole question of village envelopes in certain cases , where it is decided that low cost housing is desirable , and see if in some way , they can encourage the farmer to make land available so that he can make some money which he badly needs at the moment , as agriculture 's going through one of the biggest depressions it 's been through for years . |
| 15 | It 's been there for ages and ages and ages . |
| 16 | He 's been there for weeks and I could have done the whole thing in a couple of days . |
| 17 | There 's a sign at the top of the road that 's been there for years , ever since they opened the new road , and it says ‘ Strome Ferry — no ferry ’ , and that just says it all . |
| 18 | She 's been there for months — it 's a long-term project … |
| 19 | We broke that , or that was broke er , but we 'll blame the carrier now and look at it , then our security guy goes out and they know it 's been sitting around someone 's you know , it 's been there for months ! |
| 20 | It is as though he 's been inside for months . |