Example sentences of "'s been [verb] for [adj] year " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He 's just joined the Squadron but he 's been flying for two years . ’ |
| 2 | She says that she 's been flying for three years . |
| 3 | Well considering nothing 's been done for fifty year I suppose really |
| 4 | ‘ It seems that the establishment thinking is that if it 's been done for 175 years , it must be all right . |
| 5 | ‘ What 's been accepted for 2,000 years should not be changed now . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Perhaps it 's been buried for ten years , ’ she whispered to herself . |
| 7 | I , I look at these science things where , you know , they 're sending these things , America 's sending them , it 's been going for two year thousands of miles an hour , you know , probably a minute er and the as the man came over who went to the moon , the top man , to lecture and he was asked innumerable questions and one was do you think there 's anything up there ? |
| 8 | The centre 's been running for four years and is still looked after by Andy Middleton who set it up . |
| 9 | And also , back in their team is erm Michael Lee who 's been banned for some years now , and he 's raring to go and erm I think they 're all coming down to prove a few points . |
| 10 | No such luck I 'm afraid for a car swindler who 's been gaoled for two years after he was caught boarding the same holiday flight as his victim . |
| 11 | But if you 're like me moving to a , a house that 's been established for some years you 'll probably find there 's only a minimum of power points because let's face it over the years the use of electrical apparatus have become more and more has n't it ? |