Example sentences of "have been [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another decade was to pass before it really sank in , and he could write , ‘ What an ass I have been both for not knowing and for thinking I knew . |
| 2 | ‘ The Arbuthnots have been here for generations . |
| 3 | I have been here for decades untold in this court , never leaving it except in my mind , ranging to far stars yet never truly experiencing those elsewheres . |
| 4 | On the one hand , ethnic minorities currently settled in Britain have been here for a relatively short period of time , and it seems that circumstances of migration and initial settlement are conditions under which support between siblings assumes greater significance than it might otherwise do — a point illustrated by the patterns of chain migration and of joint households which I discussed earlier in this chapter . |
| 5 | You know a lot of the erm shops that have been here for many years |
| 6 | ‘ We have been here for five years . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The hon. Gentleman must forgive me : I want to be fair to other hon. Members who have been here for a long time . |
| 9 | ‘ But some of them have been here for ages , ’ she remonstrated . |
| 10 | Some of the staff have been here for twenty years . |
| 11 | Some of the trees in this ancient woodland have been here for more than 300 years . |
| 12 | The horses have been here for a year but up until yesterday the doors have been closed to the fans … yesterday they were opened up and thousands rolled up . |
| 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 | It is up for sale and the Chinese have been here for a fortnight having a look around it . |
| 15 | These have been here for months |
| 16 | I have been here for more than two years I have lectured them . |
| 17 | You can ask them for a sick note from their doctor , but only if they have been away for more than seven days . |
| 18 | It seems as though we have been away for years . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The roles of chairman and chief executive are segregated and have been so for nine years . |
| 21 | Others who have been home for a few months come in feeling as if their brains are becoming addled and wanting something to do . |
| 22 | It was very good very very good for women that have been home for a long time and want to get their confidence back . |
| 23 | If they have been together for a whole day or days in conference or retreat then there is a dynamic already present . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ARABELLA ASHLEY ( Portrait painters photographs , page 144 ) and her dog and best friend Clem , have been together for the last four years photographing features for Harpers & Queen . |
| 26 | But what I really liked was his face and we have been together for around five years . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | My client and his girlfriend have been together for some six year , they have three children aged six , five and four . |
| 29 | Until recently , CHP systems — combined heat and power , also called co-generation — have been only for large hotels and have meant high capital outlays . |
| 30 | 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 . |