Example sentences of "been there for [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thirty-six of these families ( 44 per cent ) had lived in Wigston for at least a century and fifteen or sixteen ( 20 per cent ) had been there for 200 years or more . |
| 2 | ‘ People say the earth must be sour , but it has been there for eighteen years and still grows plants . |
| 3 | These boys were undertrial prisoners ; many had been there for eight months and at least one had been there for two years . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | We also have the Castle Court development , complete with massive subsidies from the British government , which was built on the backs of the Smithfield traders , some of whom had been there for fifty years and whose original conception of a shopping complex run by local people was hijacked . |
| 6 | The carpet has been there for three years and is still in good condition — the only signs of wear are the marks left by ‘ wee Lachie ’ , the Stewarts ' three-year-old son . |
| 7 | A Turk who 's been there for ten days and the club handyman . ’ |