Example sentences of "it [verb] [been] there for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been there for two weeks and can not be released because the 3,500 troops promised by the United Nations to secure food convoys and get them moving have not arrived . |
| 2 | ‘ People say the earth must be sour , but it has been there for eighteen years and still grows plants . |
| 3 | Keith Sutton , prosecuting on behalf of Sefton Council 's Public Protection Department , told the court there was sufficient oil in the insect to suggest it had been there for some time . |
| 4 | Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not saying they won because of that , but … people are used to it , it 's been there for 20 years . ’ |