Example sentences of "[verb] they have be there " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | they were in , I know they 've been there years |
| 2 | Although he did n't know them , he could have sworn they had been there for the past hour . |
| 3 | I was about the last one with a tanker er before er strike I mean they 've been there afterwards but er and er a certain tank was empty . |
| 4 | No I do n't think they should no I think they 've been there quite a while it 's a shame to . |
| 5 | Some refugees in the embassy gardens said they had been there for days , but had not boarded the sealed refugee trains travelling through East Germany to Bavaria . |
| 6 | John o' Groats is commonly but wrongly regarded as the most northerly tip of the country and because of this popular misconception attracts many visitors , most of whom come for no better reason than to be able to say they have been there and , having satisfied this ambition , turn round and return south . |