Example sentences of "be [verb] there for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She went humming upstairs to clean the bathroom , while Winnie turned over in her mind a plan which had been lurking there for some time . |
| 2 | When she was found they reckoned she 'd been lying there for three hours . |
| 3 | Although we have been going there for 10 years the excitement of seeing all our friends will never ever die and I hope it is going to stay a good , clean Holiday site for many years . |
| 4 | Christopher had obviously been going there for some years . |
| 5 | Jean has been teaching there for 24 years . |
| 6 | A similar effort can be seen in the ukaz of 1797 by which the Tsar Paul ordered the admission to the College of Foreign Affairs of thirty young men who were to be trained there for diplomatic careers . |
| 7 | It would be booked out and in by National Office , and would be returned there for safe storage on each occasion after use . |
| 8 | For him the Dutch Texel is the original Texel ; it comes from the island of Texel and has been bred there for many generations . |
| 9 | Not until she had been sitting there for several minutes did Isabel realise that no sound at all had come from her torn and bleeding lips . |
| 10 | erm , it 's actually sitting there on the Meridian er Business Park , it 's been sitting there for three years er overgrown with er grass and what have you and it 's there . |
| 11 | And yes , he 'd been working there for several days . |
| 12 | He was struck there for four hours with Park Service rescue helicopters buzzing around , throwing him ropes . |