Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [been] there for " in BNC.
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1 | We have been there for 20 years . |
2 | They are there ; they have been there for years . |
3 | Rocks look more natural if you bed them into the gravel slightly , as if they have been there for years . |
4 | No footings were laid — the walls were built directly on the patio paving stones ; they have been there for years and I thought there was little chance of them subsiding . |
5 | 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 . |