Example sentences of "been [adv] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ On a machine that no nome has been on for fifteen thousand years ? ’ said Masklin . |
| 2 | She knew intuitively Babylon had been only for one night . |
| 3 | I was n't afraid of losing my boyfriend while I was in prison , because I 've seen people who 've been in for two years and their boyfriends still come and see them . |
| 4 | Myra Hindley has been in prison for my whole life : I 'm twenty-two now and she 's been in for twenty-two years . |
| 5 | you know , it is just so frustrating , you know and er some of these kids he said and the language they use , one girl came in , she had n't been in for three or four days , he had n't met her and he said hello you must be such and such er |
| 6 | He went home with a couple who had been together for twelve years , not because he wanted to know what it would be like to be made love to by two men at once , but rather to see how these particular two men lived as a couple ; specifically , what they did together in the morning before going to work . |
| 7 | ‘ Friday nights because we have n't been together for four nights , Sundays because we know there are another four ahead of us , and … why Saturdays ? ’ |
| 8 | We 've been together for five years , Lexy and I — she practically holds that company together . |
| 9 | They 'd been together for eighteen months or more , and she had no one else . |
| 10 | They 've been together for fourteen years , they met at school . |
| 11 | Lindsey and Pete had started talking about having a baby when she was fourteen , and did so the following year : Pete and me had been together for eleven months and loved each other more than words could say . |
| 12 | And again when they had been together for two years and he was still seeing other women : ‘ They were my protection against these feelings I had for her , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Sinead had a hard time at school because she was a newcomer in a class which had been together for two years , and some of her fellow pupils knew her recent history . |
| 14 | Fiona & Paul had been together for six years before deciding to tie the knot . |
| 15 | I told him about my uncle after we 'd been together for six months and , though he was outraged , I persuaded him not to confront Joe or tell anyone . |
| 16 | They had been together for six months but fell out when he told her he wanted to see more of his friends . |
| 17 | Despite their 20-year age gap , the couple have now been together for eight years and run a pub in Amersham , Bucks . |
| 18 | Having been together for ten years , disbanding twice and then leaving prolific label 4AD , ME went to America to chance it lucky . |
| 19 | We 've been together for 23 years . |
| 20 | We have n't been together for three months . |
| 21 | it 's been inside for two hours and ca n't get out |
| 22 | The roles of chairman and chief executive are segregated and have been so for nine years . |
| 23 | One of the , the tasks I have to do in May each year , is I write to the candidates who 've just taken a year off , who 've been away for the last two-thirds of a year , and I write to them and say , ‘ You 've been away for two-thirds of a year . |
| 24 | The Orynthia had been away for eight months ; and only one member of the returning crew , we may not be surprised to hear , decided to risk a voyage in her again — George Groves , the boy apprentice . |
| 25 | To make matters worse , the two men had been ordered to Germany to attend a conference , and had been away for eight days . |
| 26 | I 've been away for 10 years now and I 've been doing good work and making the right decisions about the work I do . |
| 27 | Trotter had been away for two weeks . |
| 28 | But he had only been away for three days . |
| 29 | Well , I 've been away for three , well th the winters are n't as hard now as they used to be . |
| 30 | and he 'd been away for three months so that you know I mean |