Example sentences of "have been here for [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ But we 've been here for thousands of years ! |
| 3 | Masklin said we 've been here for thousands of years . |
| 4 | 50 officers are involved in the hunt for the man 's attackers ; scenes of crime and forensic experts have been here for most of the day . |
| 5 | Pulling off the sticky brambles that clung to their jeans , Carrie 's children said , ‘ No one 's been here for hundreds of years … ’ |