Example sentences of "been [v-ing] [adv] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | But yesterday , as she nursed the baby she had been praying so many years for , she said : ‘ I never gave up hope . ’ |
| 2 | Is it not outrageous that coalfield areas such as Nottinghamshire which have been waiting nearly two years for this money are still denied it because of the party political games played by the former Cabinet Minister and now Labour Commissioner Millan ? |
| 3 | We have erm , managers of these funds who have a lot of expertise , a lot of experience , we 've been going over thirty years now , and we 've grown extremely quickly because of the expertise of our managers . |
| 4 | Should we not first see how this or should we say , look let's go for it now because I mean you know , we 've been going now some years , what another year because |
| 5 | Er but that 's been taking about six years now |
| 6 | If I 'd been standing here fifteen years ago I 'd have been run over by now because there were four lanes of traffic running around here . |
| 7 | And she 's been working there eight years . |