Example sentences of "[verb] [been] around a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the common holly , Ilex aquifolium , has been around a long time and produced many ornamental varieties , you will find quite a few with fancy botanical names . |
| 2 | But as I 've already mentioned distributed database theory has been around a long time . |
| 3 | And , of course , having been around a long time . |
| 4 | He is also much younger , 23 , than I thought — he seemed to have been around a long time . |
| 5 | Belmodes had been around a long time . |
| 6 | Paul 's verdict : Bags have been around a long time now and Rohan can justifiably claim to have prompted other companies to come up with versions of their original . |
| 7 | Some have been around a long time , others are of more recent origins . |
| 8 | but it cuts across , no there there comes a point where the of this world say oh am I allowed to do this , am I allowed to do that if you 've been here for more than three years right and it 's particularly prevalent in Scotland , oh are we allowed to do that , oh I did n't know and that 's old that is. old to a certain extent you know , she 's been around longer than has and been around but influenced by who 's been around a long time you see that 's where we get it , you see we do n't get the initiative coming in that area we get we get the oh Christ , bloody hell let's shove that one out the way that 's a national account . |
| 9 | It 's been around a long time , as they say ? |