Example sentences of "been [vb pp] for [adj] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | His judgment was almost impeccable , and on the ground where he had been caught for 99 five years earlier ( by Gower , the only current survivor from that England side ) , he now stood tall among the innings ruins . |
| 2 | We are trying to populate a land which has been derelict for two thousand years with a people which has been scattered for two thousand years . |
| 3 | Four people , having served their community , have been confined for some seven years and now find that their right of appeal is being hindered by some legal technicality or misinterpretation of the law . |
| 4 | As mentioned elsewhere , child benefit has been frozen for three consecutive years . |
| 5 | The whale hunters from the Lofoten Islands , the heart of Norway 's whaling industry , are eager to put their point of view , saying that whales have been hunted for ten thousand years and are an integral part of the local diet . |
| 6 | There is no obvious mountain pass or trail leading to the immediate area of the Castle , since Felsbrockenberg has been deserted for some 80 years . |
| 7 | The emergency import restriction on cultural artifacts from El Salvador has been extended for another three years . |
| 8 | A heating expert said the boiler had not been serviced for twenty five years , and the flue was blocked . |
| 9 | Two men who ran Britain 's biggest ecstasy smuggling gang have each been jailed for twenty four years at Maidstone Crown Court . |
| 10 | Until the launch of the Independent in 1986 , no new national quality daily newspaper had been launched for 1 13 years . |