Example sentences of "[pers pn] 've been there [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was originally going to do between one and 12 weeks on it , but now I 've been there two and half years , ’ she said . |
| 2 | I 've been there two years now . |
| 3 | And er I 've been there all my life and that 's and that 'll be eighty seven years old come May and er I 've just worked on the farm all my days and er then of course when my people died I just er stayed myself , and then lived with other people here and there , just to help them . |
| 4 | I 've been there six months now . |
| 5 | If I was on the streets of Ireland now , and I 've been there many occasions and someone said to me , look at that Welsh get there , I would just have to take it . |
| 6 | I deal with children all the time erm many of my I 've been there eight years now and so lots of children have passed through my hands who in particular have lots of educational problems and need special help , and I suppose somebody though erm that although the rage now is to have Governors who are working in industry , and that 's perfectly proper , that it would n't be a bad idea to have somebody who is supposed to have some knowledge and background of the way children behave and what children need , so erm although I do have some politics , you know , Bill , I erm largely keep them quiet in the governing body . |
| 7 | I 've been there four , and he was there a year before , so it 's five years . |
| 8 | ‘ I managed to crawl to the outside lavatory and I 've been there most of the time . ’ |
| 9 | You 've been there all day and ca n't remember ! |
| 10 | You 've been there nine years then . |
| 11 | you just walk in and like , it was there and I would have said it was old when we arrived , and we 've been there nineteen perhaps twenty years . |
| 12 | Not really , not really , you just , we 've been there seven years now |