Example sentences of "they [vb base] been [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | They 've been together for fourteen years , they met at school . |
2 | Broadstone Estate Agents , they 've been there since last . |
3 | But they 've been there for twenty years on that spot . |
4 | See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ? |
5 | There can be reasons why people make a claim for asylum after they have been here for some time and we consider all cases properly . |
6 | Or if members of a group are not familiar with each other , no mutual aid may occur until they have been together for some time . |
7 | The couple live apart and although they have been together for some time , you sense Clint 's fingers have been burned by his previous bad experiences . |
8 | They have been there since last week . |
9 | 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 . |