Example sentences of "had been [v-ing] for several years " in BNC.
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| 1 | The US and North Korean governments had been communicating for several years at a low level through the US embassy in Beijing . |
| 2 | A report to the meeting said services to the region had been deteriorating for several years , with fewer trains running at less flexible times . |
| 3 | A report to the meeting said services to the region had been deteriorating for several years , with fewer trains at less flexible times . |
| 4 | Philip Larkin had already published two novels — Jill ( 1946 ) and A Girl in Winter ( 1947 ) — before he established himself in 1955 , with The Less Deceived , as the best poet of his generation ; and John Osborne 's first play ever to reach the public theatre , Look Back in Anger ( 1956 ) , was written by an actor untouched by academia who had been writing for several years and a stranger to all of them . |
| 5 | Duncan , whose health had been failing for several years , died in West Park , Elgin , 23 May 1863 . |