Example sentences of "been [prep] [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been for sale for ages has n't it ? |
| 2 | The bottom line with the café owner has always been about payments for car parking but it becomes a problem if the establishment is closed more than it is open . |
| 3 | Er two bedrooms , it was a number sixty six Street in those days , there were new houses built on where it is now , I have n't been into Palfry for years but er there were five houses in the row , there was a family named at one end , there was us my nan of course we were next to , next to us was Mrs , a Mr and Mrs , and then er that was one side of the entry the other side of the entry was a family named , they had quite a large family , there was er two or three of those married Mrs and then er then Mrs they were all relatives , cos there was no such thing as overcrowding in those days you got as many in as you could you see , there was , another was Mr and Mrs she was a daughter of Mrs there was Mrs and Mrs she was another daughter of Mrs , and then er there were , there was a , a young man he was a son of Mrs , the were I think show people originally cos they were a bit anyhow there were five houses down the yard we had n't got running water in the sink , we had a , a big stone pump pipe in at the bottom of the entry we all had to go and draw out our own drinking water from this one standpipe . |
| 4 | Traditional beer and pubs have been under threat for decades — and remain so today . |
| 5 | It 's been under wraps for weeks , but now the political biography everyone 's talking about has finally arrived . |
| 6 | Jonathan Pack , 31 , of Ipswich , Suffolk , had been under surveillance for weeks , said Italian police . |
| 7 | A customs officer involved in the case said Mr Bradburn had been under surveillance for weeks when he was arrested . |
| 8 | Besides , Jessie had been with Marion for years , following her from production to production , doing sewing and little chores in between times when Marion was ‘ resting ’ . |
| 9 | Others have been in existence for years , yet seem to hold out little hope of attracting new recruits . |
| 10 | The camp and many others like it had been in existence for years . |
| 11 | But I said , that they 've been in bathrooms for years like ! |
| 12 | Nor do they always distinguish Turks who have been in Germany for years from recent ‘ economic migrants ’ . |
| 13 | He plays Jeremy Conway , a spy who 's been in Britain for years achieving a powerful position with a large London bank . |
| 14 | As far as Comfort knew , they had returned to the States for the duration , although in fact they had been in London for part of the time , working for the Free French , and back in France for most of the rest . |
| 15 | You have n't been in London for months , so it must be someone from round here . |
| 16 | It has always been in order for Ministers on the Front Bench to read their answers and it has never been in order for hon. Members to read their questions . |
| 17 | Only the skylit fifth floor opens permanently on 19 February with an expanded sampling of the museum 's contemporary collection , much of which has been in storage for years , and with a long-term installation of a promised gift of twenty-seven works by American abstract artist Leon Polk Smith ( b. 1906 ) . |
| 18 | The Foreign Secretary , Douglas Hurd , has been in Denmark for EC crisis talks following their recent referendum rejecting the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 19 | ( It is interesting to note that the Jeffery family have been in Donhead for centuries as The Visitation of Wilts 1565 records that the first wife of Alderman Thomas Pople of Salisbury , was ‘ Katherine , daughter to John Jeffery of Doned Marie , Dorset ’ . ) |
| 20 | The child is right , this escalator , like so many on the London Underground network , has not been in operation for months . |
| 21 | Said manager John Bell : ‘ The Canadians are building a huge power plant in Ontario and already they have been in touch for guidance on how we operate our laundry system . ’ |
| 22 | And er video camera and lighting among them and er they look as if they 've been in place for hours . |
| 23 | Macmillan 's exceptionally successful Mexican operation has been in place for years but now Mexico is everyone 's tip for the top — ‘ The most exciting country in the region , ’ says David Phillips of Linguaphone ; ‘ The biggest without doubt , ’ says David Stewart . |
| 24 | Theoretically , she can dissolve Parliament without advice , but the right has been in abeyance for years . |
| 25 | You could even have a personalised château holiday , enjoying the hospitality of a family who may well have been in residence for generations . |
| 26 | It is an old ship-building town , it once produced a massive proportion of British vessels , but it has been in decline for decades . |
| 27 | The Secretary of State said that British Coal 's market has been in decline for decades . |
| 28 | I 've been in prison for assault , robbery , shoplifting and burglary . |
| 29 | She had n't been to Scotland for years . |
| 30 | But even for him there 's a thrill playing with bands who 've been on top for quarter of a century |