Example sentences of "have been [adv] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you have been up for half an hour on a normal working day , how do you feel ? |
| 2 | Official signs for a cycle path connecting Baird Road , Ratho Station , to the minor road from Ratho to Newbridge have been up for some time . |
| 3 | I have been around to all of them , most of the shops in the town and we will be patrolling all the time . |
| 4 | I have been around to all of them , most of the shops in the town and we will be patrolling all the time . |
| 5 | Few ‘ moderate missions ’ are definite either , despite proposals that have been around for many years . |
| 6 | Fax machines have been around for many years and the obvious benefit of being able to transmit documents and graphics by telephone is by no means newly perceived . |
| 7 | Other English-speaking riders have been around for some years . |
| 8 | Mammal-like animals have been around for some 200 million years but did n't become particularly numerous until about 70 million years ago , around the time the dinosaurs became extinct . |
| 9 | These are all approaches which have been around for some time — in the case of the perennial philosophy a very long time — and while , no doubt , they have a great deal to contribute , it is surely probable that the impulse for any paradigm shift will come from an unseen direction . |
| 10 | ‘ I have been most of all impressed by the contention that removal to such an area would be damaging to the morale of journalists . ’ |
| 11 | We have been here under many governments since 1971 and will continue to be here under many more , ’ the Salomon spokesman said . |
| 12 | You know a lot of the erm shops that have been here for many years |
| 13 | 50 officers are involved in the hunt for the man 's attackers ; scenes of crime and forensic experts have been here for most of the day . |
| 14 | There can be reasons why people make a claim for asylum after they have been here for some time and we consider all cases properly . |
| 15 | Erm on the audit side both Karen and I have been round to all the branches in order to deal with our old equipment . |
| 16 | What we did was we based our forecast , which I think Mr raised that point , we based our forecast on the admissions that we did at the Department of Social Security and I 'm glad to say that we have been significantly under that level and partly I think because er we 've had people who have genuinely diverted into home care and who 've been able to which is why we 've put the pressure on home care and on the occupational therapy services and partly because erm the , there were some inappropriate admissions I must say that . |
| 17 | Once you are fully better , and have been so for some time , you can risk the occasional slice of white bread or a sliver of cake . |
| 18 | Or if members of a group are not familiar with each other , no mutual aid may occur until they have been together for some time . |
| 19 | The couple live apart and although they have been together for some time , you sense Clint 's fingers have been burned by his previous bad experiences . |
| 20 | My client and his girlfriend have been together for some six year , they have three children aged six , five and four . |
| 21 | You can establish a much deeper contact with a partner through much of this year and , if you have been passion-less for some time , be prepared for things to change considerably . |
| 22 | The lights have been off for several months , bringing a protest from the RAFA . |
| 23 | You think of the people , I mean , these people have been there for all those years |
| 24 | Those papers have been there for more than a century . |
| 25 | Brooke Alexander , of course , and Josh Baer , Ronald Feldman , Pat Hearn and Feature have been there for some time . |
| 26 | The most difficult part of getting out a galvanised hot water tank is likely to be disconnecting the pipes leading to and from the boiler particularly if they have been there for some time . |