Example sentences of "have been here for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever the precise date , she knew she had been here for the best part of a month , confined in this tumbledown shepherd 's dwelling among the mountains . |
| 2 | If the hon. and learned Member for Burton ( Mr. Lawrence ) had been here for the speech of my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) |
| 3 | God Almighty , Nan , I 've been here for the past two hours without knowing hair nor hide of you . ’ |
| 4 | Because we 've been here for the discussion . |
| 5 | ‘ … she 's been here for the best part of a week and you 're no further forward . ’ |
| 6 | The man who 's been here for the past three weekends , always at the same table , always alone and always gazing at you with those incredible dark eyes of his . ’ |
| 7 | And also that young chap 's been here for the van . |