Example sentences of "have been there [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No the one downstairs has been there quite a while . |
| 2 | Her parents had sent her to the convent , and she begged them to let her become a Catholic after she 'd been there only a year . |
| 3 | near Kettering , Don went to er Northampton and then finally I went to Rushden and er I 'd been there about a year and all of a sudden there was a call in for Shorteners at so I went down on the bike and er what er the one over me who , who was elderly , well was n't over me but he was er he was on my job but the senior man on it he come in , the boss had sent him in to have a look cos the er Shorteners were complaining , and er then they rang up for one of us , he said well I 'm not leaving till I 've solved this problem so I had to go . |
| 4 | We 'd been there about a week when we got news that the rebel leader and his council would be holding a meeting at a farmhouse on the outskirts of Choluteca — it 's a town in the south of the country : rebel territory . |
| 5 | Well we stopped and we 'd been there about a week , and all men that 'd worked in the pits , they were fetching them . |
| 6 | She had been there about a week when I learnt of her arrival through a friend and went to visit her . |
| 7 | No I do n't think they should no I think they 've been there quite a while it 's a shame to . |