Example sentences of "had been [v-ing] for many years " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am convinced that stuff had been accumulating for many years in this cellar and that Ernest Griffiths had no idea what was in there . |
| 2 | The Old Stopfordians ' Association had been trying for many years to raise sufficient money to build the Pavilion , and indeed had sold the Harrison Towns field some three years previously for this very reason . |
| 3 | All had been festering for many years . |
| 4 | Another , a woman who was living , and had been living for many years in , in continuous adultery ! |
| 5 | The garden city lobby alleged that the vested interests of London had worked against a decentralist approach , for which it had been striving for many years , and F.J. Osborn acknowledged in correspondence with Lewis Mumford that the Plan was a bitter disappointment to him and the Town and Country Planning Association ( TCPA ) : |
| 6 | Nevertheless the king had restored to government and policy-making an element of continuity and decision which had been lacking for many years . |
| 7 | And the NRPB 's move also emphasized a process that had been continuing for many years . |