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"Had been around" is correct and can be used in written English
It is the past perfect tense used to indicate an action that happened before another action in the past. For example: "By the time I arrived at the park, the playground had been around for years."
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"Steel had been around forever, tungsten had been around forever, glass had been around forever.
But Mr. Grigolo had been around and singing for some time.
He had been around, wore sunglasses indoors, and had the charm of a wellspoken cynic.
They were the first children he had been around in more than ten years.
Originally called "community antenna television," cable TV had been around almost as long as television itself.
"DNS had been around since 1983.
An election commission spokesman said turnout had been around 60%.
It had been around, after all, for a long time.
The friar, then 37, had been around.
"What for?" The man had been around.
In May it had been around $200.
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