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Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] been in [adj] years " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	After I 'd been in three years , I got married .
2	Yes and on the whole recently we 've had prisoners who been imprison for sort of two or three years , we 've , we 've made up petitions , we 've sent postcards and we 've , we 've written letters and er they 've been released in reasonably short space of time , but then mostly the prisoners which , who have n't had a very long sentence , unlike the one I mentioned on the way here tonight , have the Russian who had been in thirty years
3	There has been in recent years a steady increase in the number of courses in ‘ bilingual training for business people ’ .
4	There has been in past years a steady requirement for 4BA nuts .
5	I you know how conservative I am with figures and er with advising you as to what may occur I 'm myself relatively confident that erm we shall meet our ticket sales target by the year end and that there will be no as there as there 's been in previous years since er the aforementioned not to be noted er crisis .
6	Is the Prime Minister aware that building employers say that conditions are worse than they have been in 40 years , that car sales are down 20 per cent .
7	There is a nice pool , sunbathing area and poolside bar at the back of the apartments , and we know they 'll be just as popular in Summer '90 as they have been in previous years .
8	An employee needs to show that he has been in two years continuous employment .
9	One of the dangers of the current climate for admission , which makes it more difficult than it has been in recent years for students to get into universities , is that the concentration is on the techniques of application , rather than on what lies behind the mechanical process .
10	Surprisingly though , even in what has been in recent years the most buoyant sector of oil product demand — petrol — there is likely to be a gradual lowering of demand despite increased usage of cars .