Example sentences of "[been] [adv] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Wiping them might have been enough for most people — but not for somebody who was trying to do card tricks . ’
2 Or if members of a group are not familiar with each other , no mutual aid may occur until they have been together for some time .
3 The couple live apart and although they have been together for some time , you sense Clint 's fingers have been burned by his previous bad experiences .
4 A landmark on the Waxholme/Withernsea road is the old Black Mill , and has been so for many generations .
5 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 .
6 Once you are fully better , and have been so for some time , you can risk the occasional slice of white bread or a sliver of cake .
7 On 30 June Colonel Wilkinson was at his desk catching up on policy matters after having been away for several days visiting units in the Liverpool area and attending an Army Catering Corps Promotion Selection Board held at Exeter .
8 He had been away for some hours .
9 She , it turned out , was away , and had been away for some weeks , touring the clubs in the North .
10 Val Pinder who has been away for some months due to illness achieves a fantastic level of sales and came in fourth .
11 Only when Guy had been still for several minutes did she cross to the bench and set the pail down .
12 The ‘ Great Debate ’ about education had been underway for some time and though it was clear that the curriculum was in need of change , it was less clear how much change should take place at Hinde House , bearing in mind the need for teachers to have ownership of curriculum delivery if higher standards and a wide range of learning experiences were to permeate the whole curriculum rather than making a series of peripheral and ephemeral alterations to an already redundant approach .
13 You know a lot of the erm shops that have been here for many years
14 ‘ I would think it 's been here for several days , sir .
15 I 've been here for some time .
16 ‘ He has n't been here for some time , ’ Hari answered .
17 There can be reasons why people make a claim for asylum after they have been here for some time and we consider all cases properly .
18 There may be occasions when it is quite right or entirely understandable that an asylum applicant did not make his claim until he had been here for some time .
19 It was considered inhumane to move out the large number of ‘ old long-stay ’ residents who had been there for many years .
20 These lines had been there for many years when Ernest Jarvis bought the house in the twenties , the Metropolitan Railway having been extended from Swiss Cottage to West Hampstead in 1879 .
21 have n't been there for many years
22 See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ?
23 Detectives are working on the theory that the bags had been there for some time .
24 The doctor , who had now been there for some time , and was looking at his watch , had been explaining .
25 He 'd been there for some time .
26 Brooke Alexander , of course , and Josh Baer , Ronald Feldman , Pat Hearn and Feature have been there for some time .
27 " Any more than I can explain why cholera should have always attacked those of our soldiers who had recently arrived in the Crimea in preference to those who had been there for some time
28 Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time .
29 The most difficult part of getting out a galvanised hot water tank is likely to be disconnecting the pipes leading to and from the boiler particularly if they have been there for some time .
30 It had probably been there for some time !
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