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

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1 See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ?
2 Detectives are working on the theory that the bags had been there for some time .
3 The doctor , who had now been there for some time , and was looking at his watch , had been explaining .
4 He 'd been there for some time .
5 Brooke Alexander , of course , and Josh Baer , Ronald Feldman , Pat Hearn and Feature have been there for some time .
6 " 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
7 Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time .
8 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 .
9 It had probably been there for some time !
10 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 .
11 Because then it was that she knew , with blinding clarity , what had been there for some time now .
12 It 's believed their bodies had been there for some time .
13 It 's believed their bodies had been there for some time .
14 ‘ Old Mr Fiddle has not been there for some time , Rose , ’ said Dagmar from the door .
15 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 .
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