Example sentences of "'s been [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been two years in the studio but in that time we 've probably only spent four months recording . ’ |
| 2 | It 's been 10 years now since I left the farm , and I 'm happy that I 've ‘ escaped ’ to London . |
| 3 | If it feels like cotton , wears like polyester and holds color like cotton , it must be — Tencel , the new Courtaulds fibre that 's been 10 years and $200 million in the making … |
| 4 | Oh yes it 's been nine years by the time he goes |
| 5 | It 's been five years since Zoë Fairbairns last published a novel , during that time she has been writing a huge and compelling family saga , Daddy 's Girls . |
| 6 | Then someone turns around and says , ‘ It 's been five years since your last tour , ’ and you say , ‘ What ? ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It 's been five years since I won , ’ Levi said after the round , ‘ five years of struggling . |
| 8 | BUCKING THE SYSTEM Lindsey Buckingham It 's been four years since Lindsey Buckingham left Fleetwood Mac , and for the last three of those years he 's been writing , performing and working to complete his new solo album ‘ Out Of The Cradle ’ . |
| 9 | Ian Snodin , back after four hamstrings and two knee operations , said : ‘ That was my first 90 minutes for two-and-a-half years , and it 's been four years since I played a full match in midfield . |
| 10 | It 's been six years now since we first looked at Faliraki as a club resort . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's been six years , Paul . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's been three years since we conducted a national campaign , ’ says Mr Pickles . |
| 13 | ‘ The Doctor says it 's been three years for you , ’ the Professor said . |
| 14 | Tommy Chase Quartet Arts Centre , Darlington IT 'S BEEN three years since the Tommy Chase Quartet last played in Darlington and in that time the other players have changed completely . |
| 15 | It 's been another year of achievement for the society the panto Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves was a great success and gave a great start to the year . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's been 20 years since a British player was top of the pile . |
| 17 | I 'm gettin' too old for that — it 's been ten years , time for me to chill . |
| 18 | It 's been ten years , after all . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I think that 's why he has n't remarried , although it 's been ten years now … |
| 20 | ‘ It 's been ten years . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's been dead years , ’ he said . |
| 22 | Gin er was that er Alderman , the old gentleman , the older alderman , you know he 's been dead years now from , and erm they were very good . |
| 23 | Now the reason why we 've come together and this has been a recent change and it 's been this year , erm is because there are overlaps without going into deep detail , there are overlaps in our work and we were working together as officer 's anyway , but not as well as we should , so what we decided to do was formally integrate the three teams under the same unit , and we do have regular er internal meetings , management team meetings consisting of John , Pete me and Carol and we so we more co-ordinate the work for all the teams much more systema systematically , that we know what everybody 's doing and that way we believe we can use best use of resources we 've got most effectively . |