Example sentences of "have been [adv] for [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My family have been around for seventeen generations , do n't you know , so we feel we have n't an awful lot to prove . |
| 2 | ‘ We have been here for five years . |
| 3 | Some of the staff have been here for twenty years . |
| 4 | The roles of chairman and chief executive are segregated and have been so for nine years . |
| 5 | They have been out for fifteen minutes . |
| 6 | Since April , the United Mine Workers of America have been on strike here against the Pittston Company : 1,700 miners have been out for seven months and , despite intimidation , no one has gone back to work . |
| 7 | We have been there for 20 years . |