Example sentences of "[verb] [been] [verb] for [adv] two " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although homoeopathy has been practised for nearly two hundred years in many countries of the world , very little work has been performed in the way of well-conducted clinical trials to prove and assess its efficacy . |
| 2 | Doubts have continually dogged the potential deal between the bank — set up in the capital over two years ago with £26 million of institutional backing as a building society acquisition operation — and the Heart of England with which it has been talking for almost two years . |
| 3 | Libyan politics has been dominated for over two decades by Col. Moamer al Kadhafi who came to power in the military coup of 1969 [ see p. 23569 ] . |
| 4 | I do n't we got about three , three thirty in the morning , both of them went out to er canal somewhere up Dulgate , past Dulgate we set up and we 'd we 'd been fishing for about two and half hours it 's aba about six thirty in the morning this old farmer comes up says er aye , aye lads , he said er I would n't bother it , they drained this area of the canal a few months ago ! |
| 5 | I knew that I always overestimated the time these outings took , but I was certain that we 'd been going for over two hours , and still we were crashing on . |
| 6 | Most of the sample group ( 82 per cent ) had been using for over two years before they first sought treatment . |
| 7 | Douglas Gray of Middleton in Teesdale said he had been complaining for over two years about undelivered letters and hit out at the ‘ uncaring attitude ’ of the Post Office in Darlington . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It 's been going for about two now |
| 10 | The clients expect and understand that quite well now , because it 's been happening for about two or three years . |