Example sentences of "'s been [adv] for [num] " in BNC.

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1 Pulling off the sticky brambles that clung to their jeans , Carrie 's children said , ‘ No one 's been here for hundreds of years … ’
2 Jackie said he 's been up for seven o'clock .
3 ‘ He 's been back for two days . ’
4 ‘ I 'm not saying they won because of that , but … people are used to it , it 's been there for 20 years . ’
5 A Turk who 's been there for ten days and the club handyman . ’
6 Myra Hindley has been in prison for my whole life : I 'm twenty-two now and she 's been in for twenty-two years .
7 Well if th if there 's somebody whose listening in the Derby area who can help us with a street lamp that 's out and it 's rather important that it get put on , and it 's been out for six weeks now
8 it 's been inside for two hours and ca n't get out
9 Irvine , California-based Pick Systems in its umpteenth resurgence has rehired two of its old lieutenants : Richard Lauer , who 's been off for six years at Sequoia Computer Systems Inc , returns as vice president , sales and Tim Holland , credited with many of Pick 's technical developments , returns from stints at Sequoia and Concurrent Computer Corp to be senior vice president , technology .
10 Pick Systems in its umpteenth resurgence has rehired two of its old lieutenants : Richard Lauer , who 's been off for six years at Sequoia Computer Systems Inc , returns as vice president , sales and Tim Holland , credited with many of Pick 's technical developments , returns from stints at Sequoia and Concurrent Computer Corp to be senior vice president , technology .
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