Example sentences of "[been] there for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was considered inhumane to move out the large number of ‘ old long-stay ’ residents who had been there for many years . |
| 2 | These lines had been there for many years when Ernest Jarvis bought the house in the twenties , the Metropolitan Railway having been extended from Swiss Cottage to West Hampstead in 1879 . |
| 3 | have n't been there for many years |
| 4 | See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ? |
| 5 | Detectives are working on the theory that the bags had been there for some time . |
| 6 | The doctor , who had now been there for some time , and was looking at his watch , had been explaining . |
| 7 | He 'd been there for some time . |
| 8 | Brooke Alexander , of course , and Josh Baer , Ronald Feldman , Pat Hearn and Feature have been there for some time . |
| 9 | " 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 … |
| 10 | Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It had probably been there for some time ! |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Because then it was that she knew , with blinding clarity , what had been there for some time now . |
| 15 | It 's believed their bodies had been there for some time . |
| 16 | It 's believed their bodies had been there for some time . |
| 17 | ‘ Old Mr Fiddle has not been there for some time , Rose , ’ said Dagmar from the door . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | After the car had been there for some years the defendant wished to convert the yard into a garage but was unable to communicate with the plaintiff . |
| 20 | There we dropped off one hunter and his labrador , and collected two others who had been there for several days , totally alone with their guns , their butane gas stove , the deer and the eternal forests surrounding them . |
| 21 | The couple next door said she had n't been there for several days . |