Example sentences of "been there for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It 's believed their bodies had been there for some time . |
| 32 | It 's believed their bodies had been there for some time . |
| 33 | ‘ Old Mr Fiddle has not been there for some time , Rose , ’ said Dagmar from the door . |
| 34 | Keith Sutton , prosecuting on behalf of Sefton Council 's Public Protection Department , told the court there was sufficient oil in the insect to suggest it had been there for some time . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | There we dropped off one hunter and his labrador , and collected two others who had been there for several days , totally alone with their guns , their butane gas stove , the deer and the eternal forests surrounding them . |
| 37 | The couple next door said she had n't been there for several days . |
| 38 | A Turk who 's been there for ten days and the club handyman . ’ |