Example sentences of "[been] there for [noun] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 It 's been there for ages and ages and ages .
2 I 'd been there for Harry and the arrow had by-passed my heart .
3 How long Joe had been in the marsh she did not know , but it was a very lonely spot , and he could have been there for hours and hours — perhaps even all through the night , thought Cheryl .
4 No footings were laid — the walls were built directly on the patio paving stones ; they have been there for years and I thought there was little chance of them subsiding .
5 He 's been there for weeks and I could have done the whole thing in a couple of days .
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