Example sentences of "[verb] be here a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She has been here a long time and will be here for even longer , ’ Felipe answered smoothly . |
| 2 | This siter has been here a long time and is part of the area . |
| 3 | I moved from Nazeing into Harlow because my house was condemned at Nazeing and I had to come into a Council house at , and erm , from I had erm , when I came from Nazeing I had erm , three sons three sons then and when I got to , I 'd been here a year and then I had another son and after that er , when he was about two years and four months I had a daughter , but unfortunately I lost her with heart trouble and er she only lived four months and I lost her and er , er I stayed there , stayed there and , in and after that I moved to because it was a bit larger house for my family you see and from erm I was there several years and er stayed there and I had erm oh first of all I , I had my twins , my twin boys after I lost the daughter , I had twin boys and they , I went to I suppose about two years and four months between and I wanted to adopt a little girl but they would n't let , my hubby said no and so then I er , sort of see if I get a little girl and I had twin boys did n't I , and I 'm still in , I 'm in and after er after I had the twins when I was about er forty two if I did had another boy which is the one I 've got , the last one up there of my eight , I ended up with eight boys |
| 4 | By the time this appears I will have been here a year ( 11 January ) . |
| 5 | ‘ In that case you should have been here a few hours ago . ’ |
| 6 | He did n't actually live in St Aldate 's , but he must have been here a lot , because he was mayor in 1636 , he was an alderman erm he was very much a leading in the city , and I think the leader of the opposition to Royal Policies . |
| 7 | ‘ You 've been here a while , then ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I must n't frighten you before you 've been here a week , ’ Hortensia said . |
| 9 | Right very briefly , we 've been here a little while now , is erm we 're just gon na a little talk about the other aspects of what we call a defensive driving technique . |
| 10 | ‘ Christina , I know I 've been here a year longer than you but I 'm sure you 've worked these things out for yourself by now . |
| 11 | Erm what are the kind o obviously you 've been here a few months . |
| 12 | ‘ You 've been here a long while , have n't you , Raech ? |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been here a few times , ’ he admitted . |
| 14 | So they 've been here a long long while . |
| 15 | No I 've been I 've been here a long time like |
| 16 | Do n't you get critical when you 've been here a bit ? |
| 17 | Actually I 've been here a year . |
| 18 | I have been here a long time . |
| 19 | ‘ You have been here a week , Holly , I have been here one hundred times longer . |
| 20 | It seems as if I have been here a lot longer than a few years , and I do not think that I could ever fit into an institutional regime again . |
| 21 | ‘ You have been here a long time , masters . |
| 22 | She 's been here a long time , of course , from Father Collins 's days . |
| 23 | ‘ He 's been here a few times . ’ |
| 24 | She 's been here a long time , about ten years . |
| 25 | She 's been here a long time , on and off , she knows the place well . |