Example sentences of "[been] [adj] for about [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the 11th century , such events had been popular for about 500 years but over the centuries there had been great changes to the ways in which they had been conducted . |
| 2 | ‘ When she was writing Rebecca she had been married for about four years , had one child and during the writing of the book , had her second child . |
| 3 | They also found that the ex-married women had been married for about eight years , on average , before becoming lone mothers . |
| 4 | Creation was a really small label at that time and they had n't been successful for about two years , so there just was n't the money . |
| 5 | Juliette : I 've been active for about 3 years in the Black Movement . |
| 6 | Yes , it does : and that is why art directors love it — though it has only been fashionable for about 20 years . |
| 7 | He 's probably been dead for about two years , they have n't noticed ! |