Example sentences of "have [be] [v-ing] there [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | And I wondered why there was n't and I 'd been sitting there for ages , twenty five past five is the appointment . |
2 | As the porter said , the corpses might have been lying there for days , even weeks . |
3 | Since the embers were cool , Tallis imagined that she had been sitting there for hours . |
4 | I 've been hiding there for ages . |
5 | ‘ They 've been waiting there for ages , ’ said Gurder . |