Example sentences of "[be] there for some [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It appeared that we were going to be there for some time .
2 Which must mean that he intends to be there for some time .
3 See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ?
4 Detectives are working on the theory that the bags had been there for some time .
5 The doctor , who had now been there for some time , and was looking at his watch , had been explaining .
6 He 'd been there for some time .
7 Brooke Alexander , of course , and Josh Baer , Ronald Feldman , Pat Hearn and Feature have been there for some time .
8 " Any more than I can explain why cholera should have always attacked those of our soldiers who had recently arrived in the Crimea in preference to those who had been there for some time
9 Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time .
10 The most difficult part of getting out a galvanised hot water tank is likely to be disconnecting the pipes leading to and from the boiler particularly if they have been there for some time .
11 It had probably been there for some time !
12 He looked as though he had been there for some time , and Shelley had a funny feeling that he was looking studiously down to hide the fact that he had been listening at the door to her conversation with Mrs Richards .
13 Because then it was that she knew , with blinding clarity , what had been there for some time now .
14 It 's believed their bodies had been there for some time .
15 It 's believed their bodies had been there for some time .
16 ‘ Old Mr Fiddle has not been there for some time , Rose , ’ said Dagmar from the door .
17 Keith Sutton , prosecuting on behalf of Sefton Council 's Public Protection Department , told the court there was sufficient oil in the insect to suggest it had been there for some time .
18 He was there for some time , and was with her when she regained consciousness for the last time . ’
19 ‘ I was there for some time before you arrived , Caroline .
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