Example sentences of "[pers pn] had [adv] been there for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had n't been there for more than a minute when the skipper bellowed : ‘ This is melanoma country , mate . |
| 2 | Well I had n't been there for ages ! |
| 3 | A clergyman who was in Manchester Cathedral when the second device went off said : ‘ I had only been there for a matter of seconds when I heard an almighty crump . |
| 4 | The couple next door said she had n't been there for several days . |
| 5 | It had probably been there for some time ! |