Example sentences of "[vb past] been [adj] for [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had , in fact , treated her as a man might well treat a wife to whom he 'd been married for some years — a relaxed , comfortable relationship in which there was no need for any outward signs of affection . |
| 2 | But she never suspecting it was , you know , when they 'd been alright for seven years you |
| 3 | It had originally been left to her by a noted amateur ornithologist and eccentric with whom she had been friendly for many years . |
| 4 | The world of secondary schools was one from which I had been absent for eight years and it had in the mean time greatly expanded , so that the new secondary modern schools now occupied most — although not necessarily the most strategically important — territory . |
| 5 | When he returned to the Gold Coast he had been absent for 12 years : he had departed far too young to have made any mark . |
| 6 | Of the remaining 176 ( 38 per cent ) , 16 had been present for 20–45 years and two for an astonishing 50 years . |
| 7 | An example of this is the case of a lady of forty-five who attended the clinic with neuralgia which had been present for some years . |
| 8 | Disparate and haphazard as it was , one thing is certain : popular discontent with the system had been general for several years . |
| 9 | The annual floods had been low for some years , and conditions in the villages were very bad . |
| 10 | In London , just before the war , almost no one had heard of Paul Klee , although in Germany he had been famous for some years . |
| 11 | They had been married for fifty years , but was his mother forty-nine or only forty-eight ? |
| 12 | She had been married for five years and it took as many years again to finalise the divorce . |
| 13 | I was 24 and had been married for four years before I discovered I was a lesbian . |
| 14 | When Alan and Carolyn had been married for four years , Alan 's grandmother ( Lucy 's mother ) died , leaving him and Pamela £20,000 each . |
| 15 | A wife , who had been married for six years , consulted the defendant firm of solicitors about her divorce proceedings . |
| 16 | ‘ Elsie and Simon had been married for six years or so when she disappeared . |
| 17 | Mother and Father had been married for six years and I was to be their only child . |
| 18 | Colette and Bernard had been married for fifteen years . |
| 19 | they had been married for two years but had as yet no offspring . |
| 20 | She had been married for 19 years and had four children ( aged between 12 and 17 years ) . |
| 21 | They had been married for more years than she and Rob had lived . |
| 22 | Mrs Ireland had been married for thirty-nine years . |
| 23 | Donald and Sheila Baughan had been married for 20 years . |
| 24 | Elizabeth and Harry had been married for ten years , both for a second time . |
| 25 | For example , Field End House had been open for three years as a specialist unit for children with learning difficulties , and was designed to offer respite ‘ round the clock ’ care . |
| 26 | The theoretical proposal had been public for several years . |
| 27 | The system of raising local authorities ' revenue by means of the rating system ( where the rateable value of property served as the basis for payment ) had been unpopular for many years . |
| 28 | Its importance as a sire had been obvious for many years as its progeny had proved their worth in the show ring and at stud . |
| 29 | The 45 residents of Etna Drive in Ardoyne can now look out proudly at shrubs and flowers on land which had been derelict for 17 years . |
| 30 | I mean it looked like the house had been derelict for forty years . |