Example sentences of "they had been [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some refugees in the embassy gardens said they had been there for days , but had not boarded the sealed refugee trains travelling through East Germany to Bavaria . |
| 2 | They had been there for six months , the duration of their marriage . |
| 3 | Although he did n't know them , he could have sworn they had been there for the past hour . |
| 4 | Diamonds and rare jewels were strewn across the floor as if they had been there for millennia . |
| 5 | And again when they had been together for two years and he was still seeing other women : ‘ They were my protection against these feelings I had for her , ’ he said . |
| 6 | They had been together for six months but fell out when he told her he wanted to see more of his friends . |
| 7 | After all , they had been together for a couple of years and she did idolise him . |