Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] have [been] there for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keith Sutton , prosecuting on behalf of Sefton Council 's Public Protection Department , told the court there was sufficient oil in the insect to suggest it had been there for some time . |
| 2 | Although he did n't know them , he could have sworn they had been there for the past hour . |
| 3 | His body was cold-I think he 'd been there for hours . ’ |
| 4 | Er although most people think it 's been there for a long time , it has n't . |
| 5 | Some refugees in the embassy gardens said they had been there for days , but had not boarded the sealed refugee trains travelling through East Germany to Bavaria . |