Example sentences of "have [been] there a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , that 's the whole thing , we 've gathered all the information now , we may 've been there an hour , hour an a half , maybe two hours depending upon the appointment so you go back to the office and work on a plan of attack . |
| 2 | Says she does n't know the engine-room well but has been there a couple of times . |
| 3 | No it was during the conversation he er he said that I hear that you went to flat and I said yes and he said er well you just missed me , I 'd been there a couple of days before . |
| 4 | One of our friends that we 'd met were there , they 'd been there a couple of weeks |
| 5 | before I realized that all you had to do was put your hand through my letter box , reach up and you could take , open the Yale lock because I 'd been there a year I locked myself out and I thought the only thing I can do is try and get in by putting my hand through . |
| 6 | He 'd been there a week when violence flared around his squad of green and frightened youngsters . |
| 7 | And when I came ashore — I 'd been there a week — he gave me ten bob . |
| 8 | After David had been there a couple of weeks , I used to go off doing odd bits of work in London , working as a journalist , although I was n't very keen on that side of my life at the time — there were other things that interested me more . |
| 9 | When she had been there a couple of years and I asked her how she was , she said , ‘ Pretty mouldy . ’ |
| 10 | By the time I had been there a year , I walked and neighed like the Houys . |
| 11 | Before I had been there a month my eyes began to suffer and I had to start wearing glasses for close work . |
| 12 | Jakki had been there a week when , in true fairytale fashion , one of the regular disc jockeys upped and left . |
| 13 | Nevertheless on arriving in Sydney I was brought into the Theosophical Centre , and before I had been there a week found myself a very interested enquirer . |
| 14 | Er you can hire sail boats and er it 's I I 've been there a couple of times . |
| 15 | Probably the only thing is obviously I 've been there a while now so any previous employment and the people that were there are n't there any longer . |
| 16 | He said : ‘ I 've been there a month and was hoping to get a City and Guilds qualification in joinery . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ I 've been there a month and was hoping to get a City and Guilds qualification in joinery . |
| 18 | It 's been there a fortnight and I keep asking everybody if they want to try it . |