Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [be] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the adventurers ask about the Oracle himself , he will give only the barest of details ; that he is a seer into the future , a servant to his master ( Drachenfels ) , and he has been here for — he ca n't remember how long . |
| 2 | He gives them tremendous know-how , and the fact that he has been out for so long wo n't affect him . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ He 's been here for hours , though . |
| 5 | I mean he 's , I think we 'll miss him , but I think he 's entitled to a move he 's been here for a little while |
| 6 | Jackie said he 's been up for seven o'clock . |
| 7 | He 's been there for weeks and I could have done the whole thing in a couple of days . |
| 8 | ‘ He 's been back for two days . ’ |
| 9 | Not since he 's been back for a week . |
| 10 | It is as though he 's been inside for months . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He 's been out for nearly a week . |
| 13 | He 's been out for some time . |