Example sentences of "they have [been] there [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have been there since last week . |
| 2 | They are there ; they have been there for years . |
| 3 | Rocks look more natural if you bed them into the gravel slightly , as if they have been there for years . |
| 4 | No footings were laid — the walls were built directly on the patio paving stones ; they have been there for years and I thought there was little chance of them subsiding . |
| 5 | The most difficult part of getting out a galvanised hot water tank is likely to be disconnecting the pipes leading to and from the boiler particularly if they have been there for some time . |
| 6 | They have been there over years and many of the established patterns of reaction are demanding to be looked at . |