Example sentences of "been [adv] [adv] for [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've been together now for 18 years and it do n't seem a day too long , but I can see there does come a time when it 's good for mother and child to view one another from a distance . |
| 2 | We 've been together now for 40 years and … |
| 3 | THEY 'VE been together now for 25 years … and it do n't seem a day too much . |
| 4 | Well the estate agent er area has been around now for twenty years so they 're rather used to us in that . |
| 5 | The last matter relates to some possible supposed uncertainty about the plaintiff 's further education at school , as I have already noted it is expected that the plaintiff will remain at school until he is nineteen , he has been there now for three years . |