Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] been [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Diamonds and rare jewels were strewn across the floor as if they had been there for millennia . |
| 4 | You can ask them for a sick note from their doctor , but only if they have been away for more than seven days . |
| 5 | Rocks look more natural if you bed them into the gravel slightly , as if they have been there for years . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | If they have been together for a whole day or days in conference or retreat then there is a dynamic already present . |
| 8 | Mhm cos they 've been there for ages have n't they Mary do n't you think ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But they 've been there for twenty years on that spot . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ? |