Example sentences of "[vb base] [been] in this [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Celmira : I 've been in this country for fifteen years . |
| 2 | We 've been in this house for about twelve years |
| 3 | Kerly added : ‘ I 've been in this game for 16 years . |
| 4 | A. There are , but we 've been in this business for nearly 200 years and pride ourselves in the fact that we have probably dealt with every known problem that has ever arisen . |
| 5 | I do not think that the hon. Member for Edinburgh , Central , his hon. Friends or the majority of my hon. Friends would say that the Government were wrong , rather than giving no status to people who have been in this country for a number of years , to have given them exceptional leave to remain . |
| 6 | Now I have been in this business for a long time , and I was at that conference , and I have to say that I had forgotten the resolution until I was reading things again in preparing for this talk . |
| 7 | The Garlands have been in this game for eighty years — accumulating , not spending . |