Example sentences of "[vb -s] be there for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly , Petasites has been there for a very long time . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She has been there for the past 10 years . |
| 4 | It has been there for more than ten years . |
| 5 | ‘ People say the earth must be sour , but it has been there for eighteen years and still grows plants . |
| 6 | ‘ No one has been there for years , I would swear it . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | And when the hole has been there for a couple of days , they can dig another if necessary . |
| 9 | She has been there for two years . |
| 10 | The social dimension of the Community has been there for a long time . |
| 11 | I mean you do get parishes where the parish priest has been there for the last thirty years or something like that . |
| 12 | The cricket pitch has been there for thirty five years . |
| 13 | He 's been there for weeks and I could have done the whole thing in a couple of days . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm not saying they won because of that , but … people are used to it , it 's been there for 20 years . ’ |
| 15 | Yeah , it 's been there for quite a while . |
| 16 | There 's a sign at the top of the road that 's been there for years , ever since they opened the new road , and it says ‘ Strome Ferry — no ferry ’ , and that just says it all . |
| 17 | She 's been there for months — it 's a long-term project … |
| 18 | Er although most people think it 's been there for a long time , it has n't . |
| 19 | Cos this is quite strong stuff I 'm gon na give you because that 's , once that 's been there for a week or two it 's hard to get it shifted . |
| 20 | Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time . |
| 21 | A Turk who 's been there for ten days and the club handyman . ’ |
| 22 | She 's been there for — oh , it must be twenty years . |
| 23 | You know , I mean it it 's bloody outrageous that the police can dictate you know , something F A Cup 's been there for |
| 24 | She 's been there for the last month . |
| 25 | It 's been there for ages and ages and ages . |
| 26 | We broke that , or that was broke er , but we 'll blame the carrier now and look at it , then our security guy goes out and they know it 's been sitting around someone 's you know , it 's been there for months ! |
| 27 | Well it 's been there for the past two weeks but now he 's gone to l get a house . |