Example sentences of "[verb] been [prep] that [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been at that school for two terms , eight months at the most . |
| 2 | They must have been at that game for ages — and no anaesthetics , either . |
| 3 | The end result might only be a slight scratch , but the potential might have been in that situation for something a lot worse . |
| 4 | For instance , the Borough Surveyor wrote to ask for repairs to be made to the wall between the School and Greek Street : he was politely but firmly informed that the wall was not dangerous , " having been in that condition for twenty years " ! |
| 5 | When you had been in that world for a while you knew the way things would go . |
| 6 | there 's been a lot of people that have been on that level for a long while . |
| 7 | Jesus Christ , you have been in that pit for the past three hours . |