Example sentences of "[vb -s] be here for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 's married a Welsh girl , has two Welsh kids and has been here for five years . |
| 2 | If the adventurers ask about the Oracle himself , he will give only the barest of details ; that he is a seer into the future , a servant to his master ( Drachenfels ) , and he has been here for — he ca n't remember how long . |
| 3 | The same family has closed it 's delicatessen which has now become an art shop and the butcher whose family has been here for 176 years , closes this weekend . |
| 4 | Today people spend their money more evenly and the standard of hospitality has improved This unit has been here for ten years and can take 350 people , it 's well established . |
| 5 | ‘ The fishery has been here for over 400 years , so we want to make sure we maintain it for future generations , ’ said Mr Horne . |
| 6 | Manager Sue Surrey is seen here being presented with the southern regional quarterly audit prize by Eugene Kertzman and CCG client Ewart Wooldridge , and she has no doubt about the reason : ‘ CCG has been here for 12 years , myself for the last seven , and you can put our success down to working together as a team . |
| 7 | Your fax has been here for about a week now , I 'll bring it down for you . |
| 8 | ‘ I would think it 's been here for several days , sir . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's been here for too long . ’ |
| 10 | Pulling off the sticky brambles that clung to their jeans , Carrie 's children said , ‘ No one 's been here for hundreds of years … ’ |
| 11 | Aye , cos about six month ago there was a job come up in our office for like a trainee assistant manager type , well an assistant to an assistant manager kind of thing so I applied for it and another woman in the office applied for it cos she 's been here for like sixteen years or whatever . |
| 12 | No one 's been here for years . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ … she 's been here for the best part of a week and you 're no further forward . ’ |
| 14 | The man who 's been here for the past three weekends , always at the same table , always alone and always gazing at you with those incredible dark eyes of his . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ He 's been here for hours , though . |
| 16 | I mean he 's , I think we 'll miss him , but I think he 's entitled to a move he 's been here for a little while |
| 17 | And also that young chap 's been here for the van . |