Example sentences of "been [adv] for some [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been away for some hours . |
| 2 | She , it turned out , was away , and had been away for some weeks , touring the clubs in the North . |
| 3 | Val Pinder who has been away for some months due to illness achieves a fantastic level of sales and came in fourth . |
| 4 | Version 1 of Rescalc has been around for some years and is today regarded as rather palaeolithic . |
| 5 | Other English-speaking riders have been around for some years . |
| 6 | The Tetris theme has been around for some years now but shareware authors have taken the original idea to new heights . |
| 7 | After the car had been there for some years the defendant wished to convert the yard into a garage but was unable to communicate with the plaintiff . |