Example sentences of "been [prep] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah it 's been for sale for a long time . |
| 2 | It 's been for sale for ages has n't it ? |
| 3 | That 's been for sale for some time , long as I can remember practic just imagine you 'd be in the catchment area for would n't that be fun , there 's Jason . |
| 4 | She had been off work for several days and Lovebird had kept her in bed and fed her chicken soup from the stove . |
| 5 | He had an accident at work and has been off work for two weeks . |
| 6 | Patrick had fallen off a ladder over a year and a half ago and had been off work for much of that time . |
| 7 | Well I 've been off work for a bit and got back to a massive 156 messages from the group ! |
| 8 | Anyway the workload gradually increased until I found I could n't continue any longer and have been off work for the last six months . |
| 9 | He had been off drugs for three months . |
| 10 | He 'd been off drugs for six months when he died in that fire . ’ |
| 11 | Both pilots had been off duty for a period of approximately thirty-five hours prior to the trans-Atlantic flight and had flown a total of just over seven hours on the day of the accident . |
| 12 | These carvings have been off display for many years as it was discovered that atmospheric pollution , even within the museum , was eating away at the stone . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Er I felt , I 've been after Danny for nearly twelve months to come see and not been able to get him on the night I want him the only night he was able , was available was I think it was one night when we had something else on I ca n't remember what it was . |
| 15 | Have you been of work for a while then with the dreaded flu ? ? . i hope your little one did not catch it it is a particularly strong virus that is going around at the moment . |
| 16 | But now living in South London he has n't been behind bars for ten years . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ Master Benjamin , ’ I muttered , ‘ the King 's corpse has been above ground for four years . ’ |
| 19 | Traditional beer and pubs have been under threat for decades — and remain so today . |
| 20 | Short 's preparation has been under way for six months and has been intensive . |
| 21 | Much of the development work that found its way into Challenger had been under way for some years on behalf of the Shah of Iran . |
| 22 | The programme had been under way for some time , studying liquid-liquid reactions with disappointing results . |
| 23 | Advertising manager Peter Matthews confirmed the review , which he says has been under way for some time . |
| 24 | With equal determination , Annie was making it clear by chatting away happily to Ibn Fayoud and his schoolgirl friend that it would be rude to leave before the dancing had been under way for half an hour or so . |
| 25 | Usthinks the company doth protest too much : despite the fact that the countdown to its flotation has been under way for some weeks now , and Quality Software Products Plc has finally formally announced that ‘ following last week 's successful launch of Universal OLAS ’ it ‘ has decided to begin the process of seeking a listing on the London Stock Exchange , ’ it still says that ‘ no final decision will be taken for some time , ’ making it sound as if the company is signalling frantically that it would prefer to be acquired if only someone would come forward offering more money than it could raise in a public flotation . |
| 26 | The news followed a Financial Times report that discussions were believed to have been under way for several weeks with a number of prospective buyers , but were most advanced with the US foods and tobacco giant , Philip Morris . |
| 27 | Proposals for the development of a Taurus system have been under consideration for much of this decade . |
| 28 | The contentious proposals have been under consideration for a number of years , says English Heritage , and are not principally attributable to its new director , the controversial Jocelyn Stevens , widely seen as a hardline , Thatcherite free marketeer . |
| 29 | The bill , which had been under consideration for more than two years , would have ended the state monopoly on broadcasting and reorganized the radio and television services as independent public bodies . |
| 30 | The project for the dam , which would be largest in the world , has been under consideration for nearly 70 years . |