Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [verb] for [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Specimens have been known to live for 10 years and more . |
| 2 | Size : Growing to about 8″ : in length , this Chaetodon should be kept in a large aquarium , although it is very hardy and , under ideal conditions , specimens have been known to live for several years . |
| 3 | He shall be assessed on the whole amount or value of that benefit except in so far as is shown that the benefit derives directly or indirectly from income on which he has already been charged to tax for that year or a previous year of assessment . |
| 4 | In his view it was disgusting that the union had been forced to battle for four years to win the day . |
| 5 | A forty year old Glasgow widower who admitted sex offences against children has been sent to jail for five years . |