Example sentences of "been [prep] [det] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mm we have n't been through this way for a long time have we ? |
| 2 | Attempts by " several gentlemen " to end these customs had been of little avail for a complaint of a very similar kind was still being made a century later . |
| 3 | that there is that fear , that is because that is the second World War this is why the erm the er late thirties , early forties was never gon na succeed , because they had two completely different archaeologist , plus now in their purest form their not that but in the they were , they were never going to work , I mean that is the fact that their communists , the sole reason they 've been against each other for a hundred and fifty years there is no other reason |
| 4 | I 've been into this look for quite a while now , I know the rules . |
| 5 | I 've only been in the industry , I 've only been with this company for two and half years , and when I joined and had a look at what the industry was about , there were thirty express overnight carriers . |
| 6 | This question is considered for people who had been in such homes for a year or more . |
| 7 | Jesus Christ , you have been in that pit for the past three hours . |
| 8 | When you had been in that world for a while you knew the way things would go . |
| 9 | For instance , the Borough Surveyor wrote to ask for repairs to be made to the wall between the School and Greek Street : he was politely but firmly informed that the wall was not dangerous , " having been in that condition for twenty years " ! |
| 10 | The end result might only be a slight scratch , but the potential might have been in that situation for something a lot worse . |
| 11 | But yeah , it 's alright , it 's okay but not a lot 's going on , really , I have n't been in any activities for ages . |
| 12 | ‘ It seems the continental disease may have been in this country for some time , ’ Dr Tapper says , ‘ but we do n't believe hare populations are in serious danger . ’ |
| 13 | Often , all education was conducted by the internees themselves — English lessons being given by people who had been in this country for a number of years . |
| 14 | I do not think that the hon. Member for Edinburgh , Central , his hon. Friends or the majority of my hon. Friends would say that the Government were wrong , rather than giving no status to people who have been in this country for a number of years , to have given them exceptional leave to remain . |
| 15 | Celmira : I 've been in this country for fifteen years . |
| 16 | ‘ I have n't been in this church for years . ’ |
| 17 | Kerly added : ‘ I 've been in this game for 16 years . |
| 18 | I 've now been in this game for about eighteen years and I suppose thirteen of them I did n't have two beans to rub together . |
| 19 | The Garlands have been in this game for eighty years — accumulating , not spending . |
| 20 | We 've been in this house for about twelve years |
| 21 | A. There are , but we 've been in this business for nearly 200 years and pride ourselves in the fact that we have probably dealt with every known problem that has ever arisen . |
| 22 | Now I have been in this business for a long time , and I was at that conference , and I have to say that I had forgotten the resolution until I was reading things again in preparing for this talk . |
| 23 | The structure was there and I think anybody who 's been in this business for any number of years , some of us have been in it longer than others er know that you actually need a structure er of that , of that little . |
| 24 | That 's him been in this post for twelve years ? |
| 25 | We have n't been round this way for a while have we ? |
| 26 | Well , I do n't know cos I have n't been to any meetings for months , not |
| 27 | You have n't been outside that door for days . |
| 28 | there 's been a lot of people that have been on that level for a long while . |
| 29 | I 've been on this circuit for six months now , but I 've been driving cabs for twenty-four years . |
| 30 | Is she , where , is she actually proposing that these should be located ? in , in the countryside , in , in towns ? because they 're sens sensitivities o on that particular on the siting of that er particular activity and er we 're seen it elsewhere , er , those of us who have been on this committee for some time will know the concern that there are about the location of waste recycling facilities and er as I say I would hate that we would have a list of sites across the county which would just start paying us money and quite frankly should never be started . |