Example sentences of "and [pers pn] have be [adv] for " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 First of all I thought I 'd tell you who I was I 'm a G P in er in New Harlow , in Bush Fair , and I 've been there for nearly three years now .
3 Myra Hindley has been in prison for my whole life : I 'm twenty-two now and she 's been in for twenty-two years .
4 But what I really liked was his face and we have been together for around five years .
5 and he 'd been away for three months so that you know I mean
6 He 'd had himself painted and sculptured again and again , and he 'd been there for all the world to see .
7 If the adventurers ask about the Oracle himself , he will give only the barest of details ; that he is a seer into the future , a servant to his master ( Drachenfels ) , and he has been here for — he ca n't remember how long .
8 It 's rather like er I had a plant the other day , a marigold , and it had been there for about two weeks and it was a lovely plant , and er I noticed it beginning to droop and I thought , oh well it 's finished now , it 's in a pot .
9 Well if th if there 's somebody whose listening in the Derby area who can help us with a street lamp that 's out and it 's rather important that it get put on , and it 's been out for six weeks now
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