Example sentences of "have been [verb] here for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it has been grown here for more than a century , the low-growing variety A. dioicus Kneiffii is , surprisingly , less well known . |
| 2 | ‘ The tackle from behind has been stopped here for a long time , but they were doing it all night and getting away with it . |
| 3 | In fact Arlene has been working here for years . ’ |
| 4 | Hardly a fish has been caught here for three weeks but the birds had had roach and dace up to 8 oz . |
| 5 | The horse fair has been happening here for decades and it used to be a time of celebration when the market square at Stow was filled by a Fun fair aswell , but after a flare up last year the Fair 's owners wo n't be coming back . |
| 6 | The horse fair has been happening here for decades and it used to be a time of celebration when the market square at Stow was filled by a Fun fair aswell , but after a flare up last year the Fair 's owners wo n't be coming back . |
| 7 | A party from the Ordnance Survey left after having been stationed here for the last six months . |
| 8 | She knew about Cormac of the Wolves , her great-grandfather , who had been exiled here for five years , and she knew about the others as well : Niall of the Nine Hostages , caught and chained and kept prisoner with nine faithful Lords until he broke out and regained the Throne . |
| 9 | I see you 've got no carpets down anywhere the door 's not painted and he said you 've been living here for two years ! |
| 10 | They 've been hunting here for 150 years . |
| 11 | Do you think I 've been staying here for the good of my health ? |
| 12 | I 've been working here for fourteen years but I ca n't buy postage stamps without his say-so . |
| 13 | I 've been working here for seven years now and I really enjoy my job . |
| 14 | I 've been coming here for some time and only now am I relaxed there . |
| 15 | I I 've been coming here for forty years so far and and provocative statement I think in your programme this Autumn is the best that you 've had for years it 's a very good combination of classical and and modern plays and I really congratulate you on this programme and I would like to see that standard maintained . |
| 16 | They 've been coming here for over 60 years and even a recession wo n't spoil the festive spirit . |
| 17 | I 've been waiting here for ages . |
| 18 | I 've been waiting here for ten minutes = I 'm waiting here ten minutes |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been waiting here for two hours , Fagin , ’ said the stranger . |
| 20 | Local folk have been picking here for generations and always made sure that the beds were not overfished . |
| 21 | So far as a family we have been living here for about 6/7 years . |
| 22 | They have been living here for seven years but now they are being inundated by refuse . |
| 23 | I have been lost here for eight years . ’ |
| 24 | Some fear reprisals if they did so , although tourists have been coming here for years to fish for trout and salmon . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ They have been coming here for the past six years . ’ |
| 26 | Citalia customers have been coming here for over 30 years and find simple accommodation and furnishings — fresh and spotlessly kept . |
| 27 | ‘ I have been coming here for nine years and have a feel for the heart of the city and this song says it all . ’ |
| 28 | I have been arguing here for what might be termed appropriate research , analogous to the notion of appropriate technology . |
| 29 | We have been arguing here for a view of the state in which governments are managing not only class and social relations but also individuals . |
| 30 | Taxis have been parking here for more than thirty years . |