Example sentences of "been [adj] [prep] [adv] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | It guarantees a place to anyone aged 18 to 25 who has been unemployed for over six months , and attempts to offer a place to anyone up to 50 who has been unemployed for over two years . |
| 2 | From the 11th century , such events had been popular for about 500 years but over the centuries there had been great changes to the ways in which they had been conducted . |
| 3 | Gwrych Castle was offered rent-free by Lord Dundonald — who also made a grant towards rates and taxes and paid half the cost of repairs — a necessarily generous offer since the castle had been uninhabited for over fifteen years . |
| 4 | She was an Irish Catholic woman of twenty-eight and had been married for nearly two years . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've known Eric since I was 20 and we have been married for nearly six years . |
| 6 | ‘ They 'd been married for nearly forty years , did you know that ? ’ she said in a small voice . |
| 7 | I have been married for nearly twenty-five years to a very nice kind Englishman . |
| 8 | ‘ When she was writing Rebecca she had been married for about four years , had one child and during the writing of the book , had her second child . |
| 9 | They also found that the ex-married women had been married for about eight years , on average , before becoming lone mothers . |
| 10 | The majority of leg ulcers ( 291 : 62 per cent ) had been present for under two years , 48 per cent ( 141 ) of these for less than six months . |
| 11 | ‘ My name is Terry Waite , I have been alone for over three years . ’ |
| 12 | It all went a long way towards explaining why umpires the world over have been reluctant for so many years to restrain cricket 's bouncer-happy fast bowlers . |
| 13 | Creation was a really small label at that time and they had n't been successful for about two years , so there just was n't the money . |
| 14 | Dipping has been compulsory for over 20 years in an effort to eradicate fungal scab and tick infestations . |
| 15 | The M-Forty has been open for nearly three years , yet its first service area will not open until nineteen ninety four . |
| 16 | It was flat , and having been open for only fifteen years , was not criss-crossed with sewers , gas and water pipes which otherwise would have required costly re-location . |
| 17 | Juliette : I 've been active for about 3 years in the Black Movement . |
| 18 | Yes , it does : and that is why art directors love it — though it has only been fashionable for about 20 years . |
| 19 | He 's probably been dead for about two years , they have n't noticed ! |