Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] have [be] there for " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the beginning of 1942 rapid expansion had taken place , so that by the end of that year there were some 3,293 staff of all grades , of whom 1,566 were service personnel and 1,727 civilian , and by the time that I had been there for a year there were over 5,000 in all . |
| 2 | First of all I thought I 'd tell you who I was I 'm a G P in er in New Harlow , in Bush Fair , and I 've been there for nearly three years now . |
| 3 | Diamonds and rare jewels were strewn across the floor as if they had been there for millennia . |
| 4 | Rocks look more natural if you bed them into the gravel slightly , as if they have been there for years . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Mhm cos they 've been there for ages have n't they Mary do n't you think ? |
| 7 | He 'd had himself painted and sculptured again and again , and he 'd been there for all the world to see . |
| 8 | It 's rather like er I had a plant the other day , a marigold , and it had been there for about two weeks and it was a lovely plant , and er I noticed it beginning to droop and I thought , oh well it 's finished now , it 's in a pot . |
| 9 | Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time . |
| 10 | She had n't known Mark very well , but she had been there for Robyn when he had died , seen the agony that her friend had gone through . |
| 11 | But they 've been there for twenty years on that spot . |
| 12 | ‘ People say the earth must be sour , but it has been there for eighteen years and still grows plants . |
| 13 | Then at the hotel , he was recognized and before we had been there for five minutes Radio Gibraltar was down to interview him . |
| 14 | When she had been there for about six weeks she received the Medical Superintendent 's recommendation for her bravery . |
| 15 | See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ? |
| 16 | He looked as though he had been there for some time , and Shelley had a funny feeling that he was looking studiously down to hide the fact that he had been listening at the door to her conversation with Mrs Richards . |