Example sentences of "have [be] there [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been there in one form or another since Anglo-Saxon times , probably the first building being of wood . |
| 2 | He 'd been there for some time . |
| 3 | Detectives are working on the theory that the bags had been there for some time . |
| 4 | " 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 … |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Because then it was that she knew , with blinding clarity , what had been there for some time now . |
| 7 | It 's believed their bodies had been there for some time . |
| 8 | It 's believed their bodies had been there for some time . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ? |
| 11 | ‘ Back home in Australia , you can play for my university there , Queensland , for ever , so long as you 've been there at some time . |
| 12 | They have been there since last week . |
| 13 | Brooke Alexander , of course , and Josh Baer , Ronald Feldman , Pat Hearn and Feature have been there for some time . |
| 14 | The most difficult part of getting out a galvanised hot water tank is likely to be disconnecting the pipes leading to and from the boiler particularly if they have been there for some time . |
| 15 | Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time . |