Example sentences of "it [verb] been [adv] [prep] [num] " in BNC.

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1 She added that the faun 's condition was good although ‘ it has been outside for 35 years and is a bit green . ’
2 It has been there for two weeks and can not be released because the 3,500 troops promised by the United Nations to secure food convoys and get them moving have not arrived .
3 ‘ People say the earth must be sour , but it has been there for eighteen years and still grows plants .
4 It has been there in one form or another since Anglo-Saxon times , probably the first building being of wood .
5 The centre ground of British politics remained the same uncertain terrain it had been ever since 1918 .
6 It 's been here since 1925 , but in September it 'll close .
7 ‘ I 'm not saying they won because of that , but … people are used to it , it 's been there for 20 years . ’
8 it 's been inside for two hours and ca n't get out
9 " It 's been more like six "
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