Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] been there for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 References in the work of Constantine Porphyrogenitus , written in the tenth century , indicate that they were settled in Dalmatia in his time and had probably been there for two hundred years .
2 It had probably been there for some time !
3 The doctor , who had now been there for some time , and was looking at his watch , had been explaining .
4 I had n't been there for more than a minute when the skipper bellowed : ‘ This is melanoma country , mate .
5 The couple next door said she had n't been there for several days .
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