Example sentences of "[pron] 's been [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Myra Hindley has been in prison for my whole life : I 'm twenty-two now and she 's been in for twenty-two years .
2 Irvine , California-based Pick Systems in its umpteenth resurgence has rehired two of its old lieutenants : Richard Lauer , who 's been off for six years at Sequoia Computer Systems Inc , returns as vice president , sales and Tim Holland , credited with many of Pick 's technical developments , returns from stints at Sequoia and Concurrent Computer Corp to be senior vice president , technology .
3 Pick Systems in its umpteenth resurgence has rehired two of its old lieutenants : Richard Lauer , who 's been off for six years at Sequoia Computer Systems Inc , returns as vice president , sales and Tim Holland , credited with many of Pick 's technical developments , returns from stints at Sequoia and Concurrent Computer Corp to be senior vice president , technology .
4 A Turk who 's been there for ten days and the club handyman . ’
5 Pulling off the sticky brambles that clung to their jeans , Carrie 's children said , ‘ No one 's been here for hundreds of years … ’
6 ‘ I would think it 's been here for several days , sir .
7 Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time .
8 ‘ I 'm not saying they won because of that , but … people are used to it , it 's been there for 20 years . ’
9 it 's been inside for two hours and ca n't get out
10 Well if th if there 's somebody whose listening in the Derby area who can help us with a street lamp that 's out and it 's rather important that it get put on , and it 's been out for six weeks now
11 Jackie said he 's been up for seven o'clock .
12 He 's been back for two days . ’
13 He 's been out for some time .
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