Example sentences of "[be] here for [num] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There may be benefits for us too — if we do n't get on with the new rector he may only be here for five years , ’ said Miss Duff . |
| 2 | ‘ If I sold them one or two at a time I 'd be here for twenty years . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ So you 've been here for two years , ’ teased Tony as she looked for her key and opened the door , ‘ and still no boyfriend ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ He 's married a Welsh girl , has two Welsh kids and has been here for five years . |
| 5 | ‘ We have been here for five years . |
| 6 | ‘ If it were obvious , we would n't have been here for five years trying to find it , and Paula would still be … . |
| 7 | The same family has closed it 's delicatessen which has now become an art shop and the butcher whose family has been here for 176 years , closes this weekend . |
| 8 | Some of the staff have been here for twenty years . |
| 9 | Manager Sue Surrey is seen here being presented with the southern regional quarterly audit prize by Eugene Kertzman and CCG client Ewart Wooldridge , and she has no doubt about the reason : ‘ CCG has been here for 12 years , myself for the last seven , and you can put our success down to working together as a team . |
| 10 | The nationality rule was a beautiful get-out for them , but I only had a few months to go before I 'd been here for ten years and would have been entitled to fight for the title . |
| 11 | Today people spend their money more evenly and the standard of hospitality has improved This unit has been here for ten years and can take 350 people , it 's well established . |
| 12 | Well , Jim , I 've been here for three years , and no real food from that day to this . |
| 13 | It 's a shame for shopkeepers … we 've been here for three years and have always done an excellent job for them . |
| 14 | If we work together then , perhaps , you will be here for a few months , if we fight then you are here for fourteen years ’ |
| 15 | I am here for one year . |