Example sentences of "have been [adj] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Evans moved from the sink where she 'd been all this time , standing quite still , and started to clear the plates from the table . |
| 2 | SUCH a scoreline would have been unimaginable this time last year , but Chelmsford 's new-found strengths more than Oxford 's incredible decline engineered this crushing English League win . |
| 3 | Having been all this time contented about his welfare , now that her leaving was fixed and certain , she had begun to have misgivings . |
| 4 | It made a good reason for those excluded to dislike Miss Morgan , but it had been true any time these past two years . |
| 5 | His familiarity with his brother 's behaviour would be based on past form , something she had n't wanted to dwell on , for surely it had been different this time ? |