Example sentences of "been [verb] [adv] [prep] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the canonist collectors and commentators at Bologna ( and probably also in Rome from time to time ) were the Englishmen , Gilbert and Alan , whose importance in canon law scholarship has been recognized only in recent years . |
| 2 | Since then , various voluntary groups throughout the campus , the UK and abroad have come forward with names and addresses of active alumni , some of whom have been networking enthusiastically for many years outwith the official organisation of either the Graduates Association of the University . |
| 3 | It 's been re-opened today after 2 years renovation and the new tenants will be paying £15,000 this year alone . |
| 4 | That is a helpful and positive scheme which has been developing successfully in recent years . |
| 5 | The export department of Stoddard Carpets has been operating successfully for 26 years . |
| 6 | Despite continued inflation such small increases in remuneration have been conceded only after many years of negotiation . |
| 7 | Life has been made easier through these years of work by the excellence and space of my study . |
| 8 | I see you 've got no carpets down anywhere the door 's not painted and he said you 've been living here for two years ! |
| 9 | They have been living here for seven years but now they are being inundated by refuse . |
| 10 | Anyway , they know each other pretty well , having been living together for two years now . |
| 11 | They 'd been living together for many years . |
| 12 | He had not been seen much in recent years , and Peggy Pine — who was Mother Francis 's line of communication with the outer world — said that he was now in a wheelchair as a result of a stroke . |
| 13 | They 've been hunting here for 150 years . |
| 14 | However , the chasm between the pluralist and Marxist views has been narrowing encouragingly in recent years ( McLennan , 1999 ) . |
| 15 | Such a financial obstacle would send most people looking for an easier option , but Dreamflight has been helped enormously in recent years by Spar supermarkets who have raised £350,000 . |
| 16 | He has been helped there by two years under the expert tuition of All Black Wayne Shelford . |
| 17 | A UDC would undermine the ability of the elected local councils to implement the 1976 Docklands Strategic Plan , which had been agreed only after many years of discussion and debate ( Leaders of the London Boroughs of Greenwich , Lewisham , Newham , Southwark and Tower Hamlets , 1979 ) . |
| 18 | Although we have been going there for 10 years the excitement of seeing all our friends will never ever die and I hope it is going to stay a good , clean Holiday site for many years . |
| 19 | Christopher had obviously been going there for some years . |
| 20 | Later my surgeon was to tell me that the cancer had been growing away for many years . |
| 21 | Another factor which made Russian foreign policy different in kind from that of the other Great Powers in 1880 was that , like Great Britain ( with whom she often came into conflict over them ) , she had great extra-European interests , both in the Far East and central Asia , where her territories , influence and commerce had been growing steadily for twenty years . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've visited Australia 's one and only organic wine producer at Mudgee where he 's been growing organically for 30 years . |
| 23 | The park has been used regularly for 30 years by Yorkshire County Cricket Club and it is also home to Middlesbrough rugby and cricket clubs . |
| 24 | Some have been used informally for many years , subjective assessments such as those made by parents , teachers , and librarians . |
| 25 | Jean has been teaching there for 24 years . |
| 26 | An important policy matter which has been aired occasionally in recent years is the size of academic library collections , compared with the amount of use they receive . |
| 27 | ‘ I have been coming here for nine years and have a feel for the heart of the city and this song says it all . ’ |
| 28 | I I 've been coming here for forty years so far and and provocative statement I think in your programme this Autumn is the best that you 've had for years it 's a very good combination of classical and and modern plays and I really congratulate you on this programme and I would like to see that standard maintained . |
| 29 | The prison population at Pentonville has been cut sharply in recent years , from more than 1,000 to about 600 , and most inmates now have their own cells . |
| 30 | Little by little you will start to release any unnecessary tension that may have been stored unknowingly for many years . |