Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [been] there for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has been there for two years . |
| 2 | Then at the hotel , he was recognized and before we had been there for five minutes Radio Gibraltar was down to interview him . |
| 3 | We have been there for 20 years . |
| 4 | But they 've been there for twenty years on that spot . |
| 5 | See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ? |
| 6 | They had been there for six months , the duration of their marriage . |
| 7 | The most difficult part of getting out a galvanised hot water tank is likely to be disconnecting the pipes leading to and from the boiler particularly if they have been there for some time . |
| 8 | It has been there for two weeks and can not be released because the 3,500 troops promised by the United Nations to secure food convoys and get them moving have not arrived . |
| 9 | ‘ People say the earth must be sour , but it has been there for eighteen years and still grows plants . |
| 10 | He 'd had himself painted and sculptured again and again , and he 'd been there for all the world to see . |
| 11 | He 'd been there for some time . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ He had been there for two nights , sinking deeper and deeper , ’ but the troops , obsessed by their own suffering , passed by without so much as casting a glance at the wretched beast . |
| 14 | He looked as though he had been there for some time , and Shelley had a funny feeling that he was looking studiously down to hide the fact that he had been listening at the door to her conversation with Mrs Richards . |
| 15 | Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm not saying they won because of that , but … people are used to it , it 's been there for 20 years . ’ |