Example sentences of "it [vb -s] been there [prep] [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 | It has been there in one form or another since Anglo-Saxon times , probably the first building being of wood . |
| 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 . ’ |