Example sentences of "[pron] have been here for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nationality rule was a beautiful get-out for them , but I only had a few months to go before I 'd been here for ten years and would have been entitled to fight for the title . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been here for six months . ’ |
| 3 | She said , ‘ I 've been here for three weeks , I have n't seen one movie star until now , ’ and she came over and got my autograph . |
| 4 | Well , Jim , I 've been here for three years , and no real food from that day to this . |
| 5 | I 've been here for some time . |
| 6 | ‘ So you 've been here for two years , ’ teased Tony as she looked for her key and opened the door , ‘ and still no boyfriend ? ’ |
| 7 | The girl had been missing for what — a week ? — and off-hand he agreed with the local man 's judgement that she had been here for most of it . |
| 8 | She had been here for twenty minutes , during which time Alida Thorne had backtracked and made difficulties , pretended not to understand . |
| 9 | Actually , we 've been here for 5 days already , but things have been a bit hectic . |
| 10 | We 've been here for six months . |
| 11 | ‘ But we 've been here for thousands of years ! |
| 12 | Masklin said we 've been here for thousands of years . |
| 13 | It 's a shame for shopkeepers … we 've been here for three years and have always done an excellent job for them . |
| 14 | ‘ We have been here for five years . |
| 15 | Pulling off the sticky brambles that clung to their jeans , Carrie 's children said , ‘ No one 's been here for hundreds of years … ’ |
| 16 | There can be reasons why people make a claim for asylum after they have been here for some time and we consider all cases properly . |
| 17 | He 'd been here for forty-odd years , so he was the chap behind me , if you like . |
| 18 | There may be occasions when it is quite right or entirely understandable that an asylum applicant did not make his claim until he had been here for some time . |
| 19 | ‘ I would think it 's been here for several days , sir . |