Example sentences of "it [verb] been [adv] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It had been there for years — I played there myself as a child — but it was situated in the worst possible place . |
| 2 | Well I think we 'll have to re-look at the whole question of village envelopes in certain cases , where it is decided that low cost housing is desirable , and see if in some way , they can encourage the farmer to make land available so that he can make some money which he badly needs at the moment , as agriculture 's going through one of the biggest depressions it 's been through for years . |
| 3 | Well it 's been gone , it 's been built for a year er er er er it 's been up for ages has n't it ? |
| 4 | It 's been there for ages and ages and ages . |
| 5 | We broke that , or that was broke er , but we 'll blame the carrier now and look at it , then our security guy goes out and they know it 's been sitting around someone 's you know , it 's been there for months ! |