Example sentences of "been [vb pp] for year " in BNC.
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| 31 | And tidying up after removal and spring cleaning homes that have n't been touched for years are all part of a normal day 's work . |
| 32 | It was worn and comfortable-looking , like an old , well-loved piece of furniture that had been kept for years . |
| 33 | The cultural revival has been planned for years by members of the good old Council , members that prefer to stay in the background , having achieved the astounding feat of legislating and pedestrianising their way through the licensing laws , to an atmosphere of continental cultural Bonhomie from Blairdardie to Baillieston . |
| 34 | CAMPAIGNERS look likely to win their fight for more nursery places in an area of Darlington which they claim has been deprived for years . |
| 35 | He was gathering data for a book about world metro systems , a task on which he had been engaged for years . |
| 36 | The sense of being part of a general flux had been lost for years . |
| 37 | They were staccato with a violence and bitterness which Sabine , stunned , guessed had been suppressed for years . |
| 38 | It is interesting to think that had they snatched — or preferably caught cleanly — that victory , the pattern of English Test cricket might have been changed for years ahead , for , as the other four matches were all drawn , a victorious first series might have given Botham 's captaincy the shove it needed to get airborne . |
| 39 | I see Tunze systems where the Biogranules have not been changed for years , and even undergravel filters with less than one inch of gravel covering their surface . |