Example sentences of "[been] there [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As Rachel reached her flat and let herself in she found herself trying to remember whether David had been there that evening when her mother had sent for her .
2 She did n't turn up , so of course I then telephoned her office and found she had n't been there that week .
3 He had n't been there that morning and now she had run him to earth in the café .
4 Cos I 'd been there that morning
5 He 'd been there all night sleeping on a bench .
6 Luckily , our man 's name began with a B or I would have been there all night . ’
7 He may have been there all night . ’
8 Been there all night .
9 Lots of people from the restaurants park down here in the evening , but I only just realized , talking to my wife , that it had actually been there all day as well .
10 In the end we just let the audience in or we 'd have been there all day . ’
11 I been there all day . ’
12 You 've been there all day and ca n't remember !
13 that 's been there all day , come on Deana , if you 're gon na have the lamp on you 're gon na have to put something away , some books or is that packet any good now ?
14 Have they been there all week ?
15 Kathy those documents have been there all week and you not taken the trouble to look at them but you will quip about the poll tax and its iniquities but you ca n't even read your own poll tax notice .
16 So has he been there this week , Paul ?
17 Yes , he 's been there this week
18 Erm there 's been a reduction er , in the er , staff er because er er people have moved on and er , I take Sue 's point about er if it were n't for the fact that erm they 'd got fully e e experienced staff who 've been there some time , they have n't , not used to this churning over o of , and therefore , that has paid off in er in er in erm so far as being able to deal with the problems that have arisen and er , you 'll see further on er , addition profiles of the work that 's been done with er in this area over the town .
19 Emily must have been there some time .
20 We had been there some time .
21 Troops have been there some time and they 're familiar with locals on the ground .
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