Example sentences of "they have be [adv] for " in BNC.
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1 | They 'd been together for eighteen months or more , and she had no one else . |
2 | They 'd been there for more than fifteen years . |
3 | The German Dynacord company remain relatively unheralded within the modern music industry , even though they 've been around for over forty years , in fact since the very inception of electronic amplification . |
4 | Thank you erm I hardly ever comment on these but I just , I was n't sure what because quite often these things go under another guise , but there are a number of schemes on the drawing board for investigation as you all know and Mr will know some of those they 've been around for , for some years . |
5 | they and er they 've been around for centuries of course but er erm there 's all sorts of myths about them some of which are half-truths and some which un-truths . |
6 | They 've been together for fourteen years , they met at school . |
7 | They 've been together for the past six years — which she cites as one very good reason why she did n't fall for Craig McLachlan while playing his leading lady . |
8 | Mhm cos they 've been there for ages have n't they Mary do n't you think ? |
9 | But they 've been there for twenty years on that spot . |
10 | See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ? |
11 | I mean these have n't just been put here , they 've been there for a long time ! |
12 | She 's act she er they 've been down for a for a flying visit , I think , th they like to fly and fly back because it gets th the fre used to the freedom . |
13 | That is just called pentate it is not called E M penta any more equally you do n't have sec butile alcohol turk turt butile alcohol they 've been out for ten years ! |
14 | They 've been out for fifteen minutes . |
15 | By which time the tenants have come home from work or they 've been out for a few hours , say they 've been out from twelve till six . |
16 | But you do n't do anybody until they 've be here for six months . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | They had been there for six months , the duration of their marriage . |
19 | Although he did n't know them , he could have sworn they had been there for the past hour . |
20 | Diamonds and rare jewels were strewn across the floor as if they had been there for millennia . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | They had been together for six months but fell out when he told her he wanted to see more of his friends . |
23 | After all , they had been together for a couple of years and she did idolise him . |
24 | They have been around for a very long time , as I said , dating right back to Model Book 35 in fact , which appeared in 1982 . |
25 | I do n't think that Judaism or Christianity will be altered by any of this — they have been around for too long for that . |
26 | There can be reasons why people make a claim for asylum after they have been here for some time and we consider all cases properly . |
27 | You can ask them for a sick note from their doctor , but only if they have been away for more than seven days . |
28 | If they have been together for a whole day or days in conference or retreat then there is a dynamic already present . |
29 | Or if members of a group are not familiar with each other , no mutual aid may occur until they have been together for some time . |
30 | The couple live apart and although they have been together for some time , you sense Clint 's fingers have been burned by his previous bad experiences . |