Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] [v-ing] for [num] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I 've been living for seven years ! |
| 2 | Everything they have in that shop is better than the one you 've been wearing for ten years . |
| 3 | ‘ Lucky devil , I 've been trying for eight years and still have n't cracked it yet . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been trying for forty years and the margin of error 's still about eighty per cent . ’ |
| 5 | I 've been cooking for 7 years now , including my school , my cookery school . |
| 6 | They 've been going for twenty years and er there 's er school is very much , I would have put you straight into schools |
| 7 | ‘ Take my word for it , I 've been going for 30 years since the well was a bucket in a hole in the ground , and there is plenty of water , ’ she said . |
| 8 | I 've been waiting for forty years for it |
| 9 | Oxford ca n't grumble they 've been winning for 15 years … its Cambridge 's turn but Oxford will be back on top next year |
| 10 | I 've been playing for ten years and never hit a hole in one before — now I 've hit two . ’ |
| 11 | He says I have been flying for four years . |
| 12 | I have been flying for twenty years and doing aerobatics for ten years , having been taught to fly by my celebrated husband Tim , of Nealey Air Shows , in Chicago . |
| 13 | ‘ An accumulation of socioeconomic problems that have been developing for 25 years are closing in on blacks like a vice , ’ says veteran African-American author and social theorist Harold Cruse . |
| 14 | Volunteers such as the receptionist form the backbone of the hospice and volunteer sitters have been helping for five years . |
| 15 | Japanese share prices have been falling for three years and have more than halved in value since the peaks reached in 1989 . |
| 16 | We have been negotiating for eight years with the Faroese authorities in an effort to get them to stop , without success . |
| 17 | In France , where I have been working for two years , the government understands the need for cultural things . |
| 18 | The schools , which cater for boys aged from 11 to 14 , have been going for five years now and are organised by Robbie Walker , Tottenham 's representative in Northern Ireland . |
| 19 | ‘ I have been going for 18 years and you get fan-tastic value for money , ’ he said . |
| 20 | Micropal measures volatility for all unit trusts which have been going for three years . |
| 21 | Imagine that you have been studying for 20 years for a qualification that will change your life , or waiting the same length of time to hear about a job you have applied for , the only job you have ever really wanted . |