Example sentences of "i [vb base] been [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I 've been up for the past three hours , ’ he said , looking me up and down rather coldly . |
2 | I 've been up for a bath and we 've been looking at the room I shall occupy . |
3 | ‘ It 's not that early — I 've been up for ages , and I 'm leaving in a few minutes . |
4 | Yeah , you 're gon na have one in a minute I 've been up for ages ! |
5 | No , I 've been up for an hour ! |
6 | But he added : ‘ I 've been around for 30-odd years so I 'd like to it was down to all my TV work . |
7 | Now , I 've been around for a lot of years and I know a bad girl when I see one . |
8 | I 've been out for five days ? ’ he demanded incredulously . |
9 | I 've been off for three or four time before for long a few years and |
10 | Do they have to produce a doctor 's note say look , I 've been off for |
11 | He said : ‘ I have been out for nearly 14 months and now there is a great rush to get me back in the squad . |