Example sentences of "i have [verb] for years " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the first airedale I 'd seen for years , maybe the first since the two that shadowed my childhood . |
| 2 | I was standing in the back of a small boat , drifting down some English river I 've never seen — the kind with dappled , overhang-ing leaves reflected in the water — grasping a punt-pole in my hands and propelling the flat boat like it was something I 'd done for years . |
| 3 | I took stock of my fur-lined leather jacket which I had prized for years , and I did n't see any problem . |
| 4 | Later I had the honour and privilege of meeting Odette Churchill , the heroine of the French Resistance , someone I had admired for years , ever since reading about her exploits when she received her medal after the war . |
| 5 | Ted Power , a fine collector , whom I had known for years and who had seen odd paintings in mixed shows wanted to buy something . |
| 6 | on long , summer evenings ) and quite another to go up to a girl , even one I had known for years and actually do such a thing . |
| 7 | And I 've payed for years and years for myself and four other people besides ! |
| 8 | I 've said for years that you stop teams infringing by upgrading the penalty to , say , five points , and not be upgrading the try . |
| 9 | I 've understood for years . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ When I was going fast , I pictured something that I 've pictured for years and yet never noticed . |
| 11 | If you are like me , and feel hopelessly inadequate having toiled to the top of your favourite peak in what seemed to be ‘ the worst weather I 've seen for years , ’ only to come across a party equipped with jeans , trainers , and Tescos bags , then the Mourne Mountains are for you . |
| 12 | Third ( to Piers ) , I think you 're the smuggest young layabout I 've met for years and you ( me ) are these your friends ? |
| 13 | My position on the whole thing started to wobble last year when I had some reflexology ( a foot massage ) which made me more relaxed than I 've felt for years . |
| 14 | I pile the CDs on top of the tapes which balance on my redundant vinyl collection that 's heaped on top of the ancient 78s I 've had for years . ’ |
| 15 | All I have to wear are the same old rags I 've had for years . |
| 16 | But that 's , that 's something I 've had for years , but my arms and shoulders |
| 17 | Some of them are sons of friends I 've known for years . |
| 18 | People I 've known for years . |
| 19 | I 've known for years that I 'm as good a guest at a dinner party as I am a lousy host . |
| 20 | And that includes the London School of Economics , where I 've lectured for years . ’ |
| 21 | A judge 's verdict of one plot was ‘ by far the best allotment I have seen for years . ’ |
| 22 | I made his socks on my Singer KE2400 single bed machine which I have had for years . |
| 23 | The said partnership is for economic strategy planning and they have current consultancy projects in what was the USSR , and the one of the three I have known for years , as he shared a Lothian Regional council office with our former upstairs neighbour , lovely now in lake district is off to Moscow next Monday and then to another city ( ? sp ) six thousand miles east of Moscow ! |