Example sentences of "been [verb] [adv] for [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then , various voluntary groups throughout the campus , the UK and abroad have come forward with names and addresses of active alumni , some of whom have been networking enthusiastically for many years outwith the official organisation of either the Graduates Association of the University . |
| 2 | The export department of Stoddard Carpets has been operating successfully for 26 years . |
| 3 | I see you 've got no carpets down anywhere the door 's not painted and he said you 've been living here for two years ! |
| 4 | They have been living here for seven years but now they are being inundated by refuse . |
| 5 | The Revenue treat the separation as likely to be permanent if the parties have been living apart for one year ( Pinson on Revenue Law , 17th edn , para 38 – 04 ) . |
| 6 | Anyway , they know each other pretty well , having been living together for two years now . |
| 7 | They 'd been living together for many years . |
| 8 | They 've been hunting here for 150 years . |
| 9 | Although we have been going there for 10 years the excitement of seeing all our friends will never ever die and I hope it is going to stay a good , clean Holiday site for many years . |
| 10 | Christopher had obviously been going there for some years . |
| 11 | Later my surgeon was to tell me that the cancer had been growing away for many years . |
| 12 | Another factor which made Russian foreign policy different in kind from that of the other Great Powers in 1880 was that , like Great Britain ( with whom she often came into conflict over them ) , she had great extra-European interests , both in the Far East and central Asia , where her territories , influence and commerce had been growing steadily for twenty years . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've visited Australia 's one and only organic wine producer at Mudgee where he 's been growing organically for 30 years . |
| 14 | The park has been used regularly for 30 years by Yorkshire County Cricket Club and it is also home to Middlesbrough rugby and cricket clubs . |
| 15 | Some have been used informally for many years , subjective assessments such as those made by parents , teachers , and librarians . |
| 16 | Jean has been teaching there for 24 years . |
| 17 | ‘ I have been coming here for nine years and have a feel for the heart of the city and this song says it all . ’ |
| 18 | I I 've been coming here for forty years so far and and provocative statement I think in your programme this Autumn is the best that you 've had for years it 's a very good combination of classical and and modern plays and I really congratulate you on this programme and I would like to see that standard maintained . |
| 19 | Little by little you will start to release any unnecessary tension that may have been stored unknowingly for many years . |
| 20 | She knew about Cormac of the Wolves , her great-grandfather , who had been exiled here for five years , and she knew about the others as well : Niall of the Nine Hostages , caught and chained and kept prisoner with nine faithful Lords until he broke out and regained the Throne . |
| 21 | The band had been playing together for two years , at school dances , in pubs and as support at a couple of bigger concerts , but they 'd never been written about before . |
| 22 | erm , it 's actually sitting there on the Meridian er Business Park , it 's been sitting there for three years er overgrown with er grass and what have you and it 's there . |
| 23 | We had been hillwalking together for several years , and by this time were well aware of the strengths and weaknesses of each other 's paces . |
| 24 | He said almost sulkily , ‘ I 've been behaving badly for two years , and you know it , and you do n't even mind . ’ |
| 25 | On the earlier date , Bob Spence bought much-neglected Swordfish HS554 that had been standing outside for 22 years . |
| 26 | I have been lost here for eight years . ’ |
| 27 | I 've been working here for fourteen years but I ca n't buy postage stamps without his say-so . |
| 28 | I 've been working here for seven years now and I really enjoy my job . |
| 29 | Nothing 's been changed here for ninety years , ’ the barman told me . |