Example sentences of "been [adv prt] for [adv] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | A reader called to say she had a postcard dated 1910 which showed the fire with a notice saying : ‘ This fire has n't been out for over 200 years . ’ |
| 2 | The fact is that the material has been around for nearly ten years and no one has ever sued . |
| 3 | The German Dynacord company remain relatively unheralded within the modern music industry , even though they 've been around for over forty years , in fact since the very inception of electronic amplification . |
| 4 | Comet is written in Basic , and although it has been around for about 20 years , is still widely used . |
| 5 | Comet is written in Basic , and although it has been around for about 20 years , is still widely used . |
| 6 | Its provisions have been around for about three years , since the right hon. Member for Shoreham ( Sir R. Luce ) introduced measures and ideas along those lines . |
| 7 | There is , however , one little car which has been around for almost 33 years , is enjoying a revival in popularity and still holds it second-hand value well . |
| 8 | The Wolfies have been around for almost ten years but have never made any major dents on the charts . |