Example sentences of "[be] in the [noun sg] [prep] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were no variations of fading between the main body of the photograph and the edges , as there would have been had it been in the frame for years . |
| 2 | Left : The pretty wild rose Rosa rugosa has been in the garden for years , and has the bonus of glossy red hips in the autumn . |
| 3 | Another advantage Granada has over the competition , he says , is that unlike the big vendors now scurrying onto the marketplace to boost revenues , Granada — structured around the Data Processing Customer Engineering Plc acquisition and sundry add-ons — has been in the game for years and knows its strengths and weaknesses . |
| 4 | The carpet has obviously been in the family for years , too , and the Rembrandt is unrestored and almost completely black . |
| 5 | It 's been in the family for years |
| 6 | I recently spring cleaned my lovely home , as one is inclined to do now and again , when I came upon a pile of old magazines which had been in the house for years . |
| 7 | So it 's been in the garage for years ? |