Example sentences of "it [verb] [be] there for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been there for more than ten years . |
| 2 | ‘ People say the earth must be sour , but it has been there for eighteen years and still grows plants . |
| 3 | It has been there for two weeks and can not be released because the 3,500 troops promised by the United Nations to secure food convoys and get them moving have not arrived . |
| 4 | ‘ It had been there for years — I played there myself as a child — but it was situated in the worst possible place . |
| 5 | It 's rather like er I had a plant the other day , a marigold , and it had been there for about two weeks and it was a lovely plant , and er I noticed it beginning to droop and I thought , oh well it 's finished now , it 's in a pot . |
| 6 | It had been there for about a fortnight , and was in the right age range . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm not saying they won because of that , but … people are used to it , it 's been there for 20 years . ’ |
| 9 | Yeah , it 's been there for quite a while . |
| 10 | Er although most people think it 's been there for a long time , it has n't . |
| 11 | Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time . |
| 12 | It 's been there for ages and ages and ages . |
| 13 | We broke that , or that was broke er , but we 'll blame the carrier now and look at it , then our security guy goes out and they know it 's been sitting around someone 's you know , it 's been there for months ! |
| 14 | Well it 's been there for the past two weeks but now he 's gone to l get a house . |