Example sentences of "[v-ing] there for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She went humming upstairs to clean the bathroom , while Winnie turned over in her mind a plan which had been lurking there for some time . |
| 2 | When she was found they reckoned she 'd been lying there for three hours . |
| 3 | Although we have been going there for 10 years the excitement of seeing all our friends will never ever die and I hope it is going to stay a good , clean Holiday site for many years . |
| 4 | Christopher had obviously been going there for some years . |
| 5 | Soon after the early death of his father in 1829 , Israel appears to have become a clerk in an uncle 's bank in Göttingen , remaining there for ten years . |
| 6 | Jean has been teaching there for 24 years . |
| 7 | Just before Christmas the family went to Versailles ( 4 ) , staying there for two weeks . |
| 8 | On the quay opposite the Cafe de la Rotonde you 'll see poor Annamese boys parading there for such men , with rice powder on their faces . |
| 9 | Not until she had been sitting there for several minutes did Isabel realise that no sound at all had come from her torn and bleeding lips . |
| 10 | erm , it 's actually sitting there on the Meridian er Business Park , it 's been sitting there for three years er overgrown with er grass and what have you and it 's there . |
| 11 | Instead he attended classes at the East London Technical ( later Queen Mary ) College , both in the evenings and during holidays , frequently working there for twelve hours . |
| 12 | And yes , he 'd been working there for several days . |