Example sentences of "[vb base] be here [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're not a new girl any more , you 've been here nearly a day . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been here nearly a week and I never thought to ask . ’ |
| 3 | I 've been here exactly an hour now . |
| 4 | I have been here over a week now , and I miss you very much , and I miss the fresh air and the fresh faces of all those people I so hated on the Tube and the fresh things that happened every hour of every day if only I could have seen them — their freshness , I mean . |
| 5 | We have been here almost a year now and the Revd Brunton Scott is still having a great affect on our lives . |
| 6 | Despite having dispensed with sundry items deemed essential to sustain European stomachs on their World Cup visit in 1987 — doctor , diet sheets , microwave oven and Tesco-sponsored tuck-boxes all left them flushed , as it were , with lack of success — England have been here almost a week , practising every day in sauna-bath temperatures for their opening match against Sri Lanka on Sunday . |