Example sentences of "[vb past] been there for [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | He 'd been there for some time . |
2 | Detectives are working on the theory that the bags had been there for some time . |
3 | " Any more than I can explain why cholera should have always attacked those of our soldiers who had recently arrived in the Crimea in preference to those who had been there for some time … |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Because then it was that she knew , with blinding clarity , what had been there for some time now . |
6 | It 's believed their bodies had been there for some time . |
7 | It 's believed their bodies had been there for some time . |
8 | 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 . |