Example sentences of "[verb] been year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like other sections of the popular movement the health sector has been years in the growing and in establishing work practice and vital organizations . |
| 2 | That was less than three and a half hours ago , but it might have been years . |
| 3 | Then the young woman laughed merrily , her voice strengthening after what must have been years of silence , and the whole strange cellar rang with that laughter , and the glass fragments tinkled like broken bells . |
| 4 | It had been years since he could supply pupils solely trained by him . |
| 5 | There had been years of smoking , drinking , sexual intercourse and dances , helped by there being a fire escape outside her bedroom and the fact her parents were always so exhausted they slept like mummies . |
| 6 | But it had been years , even then , since Elvis was top of the Hit Parade , and if all he had to offer the world was slicked-back hair and a sulky pout , the Dead Loss was set to slip a lot further down the charts , and Mary was n't going to be there to see it . |
| 7 | As it had been years since I had been anywhere further away from Fontanellato than Parma , I had no hesitation in saying that I would like to go to Bologna . |
| 8 | He speculated that perhaps it had been years , and he had simply forgotten . |
| 9 | It had been years since she had cried like that , and that she should have done so now in front of Luke surprised her even more . |
| 10 | ‘ Now , it had been years since I had seen Bartholomew Burghgesh and I considered him long dead , yet I am sure that man I glimpsed that cold December morning was Sir Bartholomew himself . |
| 11 | And I have been years on Bold injections and all the rest of it , and I know from experience you get , you deal with it , it does n't cure the disease but can you see you have a way of dealing with it , of coping with it , of helping yourself er c er do things and therefore you can |
| 12 | I pre-recorded it to a click track on Tuesday — very nervously , it 's been years since I sang — and will mime it with a live orchestra tonight . |