Example sentences of "they have been [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 | They 've been together for fourteen years , they met at school . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Mhm cos they 've been there for ages have n't they Mary do n't you think ? |
| 6 | But they 've been there for twenty years on that spot . |
| 7 | See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ? |
| 8 | I mean these have n't just been put here , they 've been there for a long time ! |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | They had been there for six months , the duration of their marriage . |
| 11 | Although he did n't know them , he could have sworn they had been there for the past hour . |
| 12 | Diamonds and rare jewels were strewn across the floor as if they had been there for millennia . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | They had been together for six months but fell out when he told her he wanted to see more of his friends . |
| 15 | After all , they had been together for a couple of years and she did idolise him . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | You can ask them for a sick note from their doctor , but only if they have been away for more than seven days . |
| 18 | If they have been together for a whole day or days in conference or retreat then there is a dynamic already present . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | They are there ; they have been there for years . |
| 22 | Rocks look more natural if you bed them into the gravel slightly , as if they have been there for years . |
| 23 | No footings were laid — the walls were built directly on the patio paving stones ; they have been there for years and I thought there was little chance of them subsiding . |
| 24 | The most difficult part of getting out a galvanised hot water tank is likely to be disconnecting the pipes leading to and from the boiler particularly if they have been there for some time . |