Example sentences of "[conj] they have been for year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Father and son exchanged looks , in better temper with each other than they 'd been for years . |
| 2 | They were both drunker than they 'd been for years . |
| 3 | Some of Britain 's rivers are now cleaner than they 've been for years . |
| 4 | ‘ They are fiercer than they have been for years , right back to what they used to be , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Couples is a naturally high flighter of the ball and that , together with his length , is an advantage at Augusta , particularly since everyone seems to agree that the greens are firmer than they have been for years . |
| 6 | FARM policy reforms agreed by EC members leave farming industry prospects brighter than they have been for years , Agriculture Minister John Gummer told the Commons last night . |
| 7 | If they 're offered , as they have been for years and years ever since the industrial revolution , things that have been cynically designed for the working classes , is it surprising that we have a nation of people who are supposed to have no visual standards ? |