Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] be there for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean you do get parishes where the parish priest has been there for the last thirty years or something like that . |
| 2 | After the car had been there for some years the defendant wished to convert the yard into a garage but was unable to communicate with the plaintiff . |
| 3 | " Signs of a coming plateau have been there for a long time and are now getting better and better " , according to independent consultant Richard Kimberlin . |
| 4 | The social dimension of the Community has been there for a long time . |
| 5 | And when the hole has been there for a couple of days , they can dig another if necessary . |
| 6 | You know , I mean it it 's bloody outrageous that the police can dictate you know , something F A Cup 's been there for |
| 7 | Brooke Alexander , of course , and Josh Baer , Ronald Feldman , Pat Hearn and Feature have been there for some time . |
| 8 | The cricket pitch has been there for thirty five years . |
| 9 | The carpet has been there for three years and is still in good condition — the only signs of wear are the marks left by ‘ wee Lachie ’ , the Stewarts ' three-year-old son . |
| 10 | If the groom had been there for over two years , he must have had plenty of opportunity for revenge on Tamar , if that had been his motive . |
| 11 | But the man whom he promised to come back and visit had been there for twenty years , the oldest inhabitant , as the turnkey would tell newcomers ; he could play the piano and speak fluent French and Italian . |
| 12 | A Whalby and his son had been there for as long as anyone could remember and Dadda used sometimes to boast on his good days that Alfred Osborn Tace had himself been a customer and that Whalbys had re-covered the seats of the Hepplewhite chairs at Chesney Hall . |