Example sentences of "been [vb pp] for over [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have been frozen for over thirty years . |
| 2 | An association between hypertension and diabetes has been suspected for over 70 years . |
| 3 | That is ludicrous because the term has been used for over ten years , it was coined by Labour councillors and has even been used jokingly by the people it referred to . |
| 4 | But I I did take part in it when I was a a boy in school , and that 's a that 's a fair while ago , now right enough , but er er I used to attend the er Well a primary school , I went to the small Grimness school , in the north end of South Ronaldsay , which has now been closed for over twenty years . |
| 5 | The English had been fishing there for over a century , and had been settled for over fifty years , so they had a strong position for making the French give up any claims to settle there . |
| 6 | In February the King released 313 political prisoners , including prisoners of conscience Jogen Gazmere and Sushil Pokhrel , who had been detained for over two years without trial . |
| 7 | That has n't been touched for over fifteen years . ’ |
| 8 | This practice has been followed for over 300 years at High Bridge End , St. John 's in the Vale , and until recently at Adamthwaite in the Howgills , and it is referred to in Langdale also . |
| 9 | Just because the two have been associated for over 2,000 years , there 's no reason to believe in such a link . |
| 10 | A MAN who claims his mail has not been delivered for over two years has received an apology from the Post Office after the discovery of over 400 letters at the home of a former postman . |
| 11 | Has been worked for over 100 years but currently under redevelopment and extension with a modernised shaft . |
| 12 | This fish has now been imported for over two years and when first appeared its price was in the second-mortgage league , but now has dropped considerably and can be picked up for between £30–£50 . |
| 13 | Compost-making on a farm scale is yet uncommon in Britain ( it has been practised for over 4,000 years in China ) as it involves a very careful balance and mixing of ingredients , control of ventilation and moisture , and the extra work of at least one turning . |
| 14 | She had not been kissed for over two years and it was magical ; she was feeling it deeply , listening with everything in her but not remembering , because other kisses had not been like this . |
| 15 | Professor Davies , Dr S G Wheatcroft and others have been engaged for over ten years in a study of Soviet industrialisation , with special reference to the crucial years 1926-1937 in which the foundations of the present economic system were established . |
| 16 | Digfar was run almost entirely by local Somali staff — 25 doctors and nearly 100 nurses — who had not been paid for over two years . |
| 17 | It has been established for over 100 years , and has eight offices throughout the UK and a subsidiary in Guernsey . |
| 18 | Although these basic management perspectives have been established for over 20 years , modern technology often ignores them . |
| 19 | Carpet manufacturing in Kilmarnock had already been established for over 150 years when the company as we know today was formed in 19088 . |
| 20 | Two prisoners of conscience in Laos have been held for over 15 years for ‘ re-education ’ . |