Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [been] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They had been there for six months , the duration of their marriage . |
| 32 | They had been together for six months but fell out when he told her he wanted to see more of his friends . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | There can be reasons why people make a claim for asylum after they have been here for some time and we consider all cases properly . |
| 35 | Or if members of a group are not familiar with each other , no mutual aid may occur until they have been together for some time . |
| 36 | The couple live apart and although they have been together for some time , you sense Clint 's fingers have been burned by his previous bad experiences . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | She added that the faun 's condition was good although ‘ it has been outside for 35 years and is a bit green . ’ |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | ‘ People say the earth must be sour , but it has been there for eighteen years and still grows plants . |
| 41 | He 'd been here for forty-odd years , so he was the chap behind me , if you like . |
| 42 | and he 'd been away for three months so that you know I mean |
| 43 | He 'd had himself painted and sculptured again and again , and he 'd been there for all the world to see . |
| 44 | He 'd been there for some time . |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | He had been away for some hours . |
| 47 | There may be occasions when it is quite right or entirely understandable that an asylum applicant did not make his claim until he had been here for some time . |
| 48 | ‘ 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 . |
| 49 | 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 . |
| 50 | ‘ I would think it 's been here for several days , sir . |
| 51 | Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time . |
| 52 | ‘ I 'm not saying they won because of that , but … people are used to it , it 's been there for 20 years . ’ |
| 53 | it 's been inside for two hours and ca n't get out |
| 54 | 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 . |