Example sentences of "they have be [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have been around for a very long time , as I said , dating right back to Model Book 35 in fact , which appeared in 1982 . |
| 2 | I do n't think that Judaism or Christianity will be altered by any of this — they have been around for too long for that . |
| 3 | There can be reasons why people make a claim for asylum after they have been here for some time and we consider all cases properly . |
| 4 | You can ask them for a sick note from their doctor , but only if they have been away for more than seven days . |
| 5 | If they have been together for a whole day or days in conference or retreat then there is a dynamic already present . |
| 6 | Or if members of a group are not familiar with each other , no mutual aid may occur until they have been together for some time . |
| 7 | The couple live apart and although they have been together for some time , you sense Clint 's fingers have been burned by his previous bad experiences . |
| 8 | They have been out for fifteen minutes . |
| 9 | Oh I see , they have been about for a while . |
| 10 | They are there ; they have been there for years . |
| 11 | Rocks look more natural if you bed them into the gravel slightly , as if they have been there for years . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ But some of them have been here for ages , ’ she remonstrated . |