Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] around for [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Repeat name and date at every opportunity ; the sort of people who live in the East End like to know you 've been around for some time . |
2 | Few ‘ moderate missions ’ are definite either , despite proposals that have been around for many years . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | Other English-speaking riders have been around for some years . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |