Example sentences of "'ve been [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been here for years and this is the first conversation I 've had with a human for simply ages . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's not that early — I 've been up for ages , and I 'm leaving in a few minutes . |
| 3 | Yeah , you 're gon na have one in a minute I 've been up for ages ! |
| 4 | You 've been up for weeks now , have n't you ? |
| 5 | " You 've been away for ages , " she says . |
| 6 | We 've been pally for years Sadie . |
| 7 | they and er they 've been around for centuries of course but er erm there 's all sorts of myths about them some of which are half-truths and some which un-truths . |
| 8 | Mhm cos they 've been there for ages have n't they Mary do n't you think ? |
| 9 | " You 've been out for hours . " |