Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [been] there for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has been there for the past 10 years . |
| 2 | She has been there for two years . |
| 3 | She 's been there for months — it 's a long-term project … |
| 4 | She 's been there for — oh , it must be twenty years . |
| 5 | She 's been there for the last month . |
| 6 | It has been there for more than ten years . |
| 7 | ‘ People say the earth must be sour , but it has been there for eighteen years and still grows plants . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm not saying they won because of that , but … people are used to it , it 's been there for 20 years . ’ |
| 10 | Yeah , it 's been there for quite a while . |
| 11 | Er although most people think it 's been there for a long time , it has n't . |
| 12 | Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time . |
| 13 | It 's been there for ages and ages and ages . |
| 14 | We broke that , or that was broke er , but we 'll blame the carrier now and look at it , then our security guy goes out and they know it 's been sitting around someone 's you know , it 's been there for months ! |
| 15 | Well it 's been there for the past two weeks but now he 's gone to l get a house . |
| 16 | He 's been there for weeks and I could have done the whole thing in a couple of days . |