Example sentences of "[noun sg] have been [v-ing] for years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir : The residents of this once tranquil village have been bickering for years about the best way to deal with increasing traffic . |
| 2 | People are realising what particularly the Belfast group has been preaching for years , that early availability of resuscitation is tremendously important . |
| 3 | The Merseyside Police Raft Race has been running for years and during that time has raised vast sums for local charities . |
| 4 | Trade unions , the Industrial Society , and the Occupational Pensions Advisory Service have been campaigning for years to improve employees ' rights over their retirement income . |
| 5 | Our share of world trade has been falling for years under successive governments to the extent that the purchasing power of our currency has roughly halved since 1945 . |
| 6 | ‘ This thing has been smouldering for years and now it 's finally broken through . |
| 7 | Lesley saw it more as a letting-off of repressed energy : ‘ I think this thing has been smouldering for years and now it 's finally broken through . |
| 8 | Long 's health had been deteriorating for years , but he had kept open his channels of communication ; like Law his influence was based on years of devotion to the interests of the party , and like Law 's that influence had been used to argue the case for coalition . |
| 9 | The public has been rebelling for years . |