Example sentences of "been [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | not been on for ages . |
| 2 | Well of course it 's not on , it has n't been on for weeks . |
| 3 | PET ‘ HOTEL HATES ’ ( THE FREQUENT ONES ) * narrow stairs and no lifts * low shower pressure * telephone kiosks built for left-handed midgets * only one plug , down on the floor under the bed and 5AMP * hairdryers on 1m fixed lead from the floor socket 3m away from wall mirror facing opposite direction * just two 40 watt lamps to read and work by * toilet rolls positioned for contortionists only * room service that brings each course separately throughout Dallas * radiators that have n't been on for years * radiators that wo n't go off * basins that take half an hour to empty after you 've cleaned your teeth and you want to shave * stoppers that hang under the cold water tap but do n't reach the drain * stoppers that have no chain so you wallow in the dirty water to find them * toilets where you can sit down or close the door but not both |
| 4 | He had seen Frank 's mutilated back when they had both been down for screening , and had been deeply shocked . |
| 5 | In Sweden teachers collected 10 000 slide-rules , which would have been enough for students starting in 1983 and 1984 . |
| 6 | And I saw a dear little shed that someone had made into a craft shop , and the woman said no one had been in for ages , and was n't she pleased to see me … ’ |
| 7 | Several dogs have been in for boosters and there 's a bitch to be spayed tomorrow . |
| 8 | ‘ It was a crowd of boys who 'd been together for years — somebody was always up to something . |
| 9 | But Vicky 's now , she had erm anorexia the girl friend , she sort of got over it but then er hos , her mum and , oh it 's all very confusing , mum and the boy friend been together for years , they 've now split up , Vicky 's now , it 's all been sort of everything on top of her |
| 10 | It is as though he 's been inside for months . |
| 11 | This has been so for decades and there is little on the horizon that threatens to curtail it . |
| 12 | This has been so for centuries , and afflicts all nations . |
| 13 | Telepathic communication , for us still the domain of science fiction or fringe experimentation , may be part of a dolphin 's daily life , and may have been so for centuries . |
| 14 | They were in the middle of a meeting and he was irritated that Stevens ' mind — often his entire presence — had been elsewhere for weeks . |
| 15 | Well I think we 'll have to re-look at the whole question of village envelopes in certain cases , where it is decided that low cost housing is desirable , and see if in some way , they can encourage the farmer to make land available so that he can make some money which he badly needs at the moment , as agriculture 's going through one of the biggest depressions it 's been through for years . |
| 16 | " You 've been away for ages , " she says . |
| 17 | It seems as though we have been away for years . |
| 18 | After his visits to London his wife was waiting to welcome him as if he had been away for weeks , and she was always dutiful in bed . |
| 19 | Nevertheless they smiled and waved at him as he came in and Deuce , at the tape recorder , came over , arms open , as if he had been away for weeks . |
| 20 | He noticed that when local church leaders had been away for Bible School training , they ceased to tell stories in their preaching . |
| 21 | When they first moved far enough into the courtyard to glimpse Gabriel sitting on his cloud , the morning sunshine dazzled eyes that had been indoors for days on end . |
| 22 | ‘ He had n't been home for weeks , anyway … ’ |
| 23 | He never put in an appearance until early evening and , except for that first night , he had not even been home for dinner . |
| 24 | But if she came and found Tina up she could pretend to herself that Tina had been up for hours , and was a normal person and a proper mother . |
| 25 | I found her bustling about with a feather duster looking as if she 'd been up for hours . |
| 26 | He had been up for hours , out on the farm , before eating . |
| 27 | She knew she had been dismissed from Algox because she had not been up for grabs . |
| 28 | Posh have been up for grabs since last year and chairman John Devaney , a property magnate and ex-Oxford director , will sell if the price is right . |
| 29 | Road pricing has been up for discussion for some time as a possible way of alleviating the high levels of traffic congestion in many city centres . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's not that early — I 've been up for ages , and I 'm leaving in a few minutes . |