Example sentences of "[vb -s] been [adv] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The fishery has been here for over 400 years , so we want to make sure we maintain it for future generations , ’ said Mr Horne . |
| 2 | Your fax has been here for about a week now , I 'll bring it down for you . |
| 3 | Homoeopathy has been around for nearly two hundred years . |
| 4 | The fact is that the material has been around for nearly ten years and no one has ever sued . |
| 5 | Amazingly , it only just noses ahead of DR DOS , which has been around for over 18 months . |
| 6 | They 'll tell you that Excel has been around for too long and its days are numbered . |
| 7 | There is , however , one little car which has been around for almost 33 years , is enjoying a revival in popularity and still holds it second-hand value well . |
| 8 | Comet is written in Basic , and although it has been around for about 20 years , is still widely used . |
| 9 | Comet is written in Basic , and although it has been around for about 20 years , is still widely used . |
| 10 | However the very fact that the product has been around for so long and is so well established in the corporate market place that makes it a worth taking seriously . |
| 11 | For example , one wonders if the doubts about the unity of geography are any less profound than those that afflict environmental science , but geography has been around for much longer and has developed powerful institutional , professional and curricular structures , not least in the schools . |
| 12 | Three are straightforward KH-11s , of which one has been up for more than six years ; three are advanced KH-11s . |
| 13 | ‘ This outfit has been together for almost three years , everyone knows each other , we all get on and there 's no prima donnas etime . ’ |
| 14 | Sandra said : ‘ It has been a very worthwhile project from the health and safety aspect by a very successful QC team which has been together for almost three years . ’ |
| 15 | It has been there for more than ten years . |
| 16 | ‘ When a person has been underground for so many years it 's a new lease of life ’ ; ‘ it 's just a grand feeling . ’ |
| 17 | He gives them tremendous know-how , and the fact that he has been out for so long wo n't affect him . |
| 18 | The strong-running Kiwi has been out for around five weeks after a trapped nerve in his back . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's been here for too long . ’ |
| 20 | I 'm sure that Rex Bellamy wo n't mind me saying that in tennis terms at least , he 's been around for quite a while . |
| 21 | UTOPIA : It 's been around for quite a time . |
| 22 | Yeah , it 's been there for quite a while . |
| 23 | He 's been out for nearly a week . |
| 24 | He 's been in the business a long time but believe it or not this is the first time he 's been inside for over twenty years . |