Example sentences of "'s been [vb pp] for [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It seems that the establishment thinking is that if it 's been done for 175 years , it must be all right . |
| 2 | ‘ What 's been accepted for 2,000 years should not be changed now . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps it 's been buried for ten years , ’ she whispered to herself . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ? |