Example sentences of "have been here for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The same family has closed it 's delicatessen which has now become an art shop and the butcher whose family has been here for 176 years , closes this weekend . |
2 | ‘ He 's married a Welsh girl , has two Welsh kids and has been here for five years . |
3 | Manager Sue Surrey is seen here being presented with the southern regional quarterly audit prize by Eugene Kertzman and CCG client Ewart Wooldridge , and she has no doubt about the reason : ‘ CCG has been here for 12 years , myself for the last seven , and you can put our success down to working together as a team . |
4 | Today people spend their money more evenly and the standard of hospitality has improved This unit has been here for ten years and can take 350 people , it 's well established . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | He 'd been here for forty-odd years , so he was the chap behind me , if you like . |
7 | ‘ If it were obvious , we would n't have been here for five years trying to find it , and Paula would still be … . |
8 | All the time yes , apart from say about six weeks , used to come in in the winter to repair the do maintenance on the dredger and then the old harbourmaster would say right , we should have been here for six weeks , he come after a month , he 'd say , paint the cover the rust up he said and bugger off out again . |
9 | She had been here for twenty minutes , during which time Alida Thorne had backtracked and made difficulties , pretended not to understand . |
10 | ‘ So you 've been here for two years , ’ teased Tony as she looked for her key and opened the door , ‘ and still no boyfriend ? ’ |
11 | We 've been here for six months . |
12 | ‘ I 've been here for six months . ’ |
13 | Actually , we 've been here for 5 days already , but things have been a bit hectic . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | Well , Jim , I 've been here for three years , and no real food from that day to this . |
16 | It 's a shame for shopkeepers … we 've been here for three years and have always done an excellent job for them . |
17 | You know a lot of the erm shops that have been here for many years |
18 | ‘ We have been here for five years . |
19 | Some of the staff have been here for twenty years . |
20 | ‘ I would think it 's been here for several days , sir . |