Example sentences of "been [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [adj] years " 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 | That is a helpful and positive scheme which has been developing successfully in recent years . |
| 3 | The export department of Stoddard Carpets has been operating successfully for 26 years . |
| 4 | 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 ! |
| 5 | They have been living here for seven years but now they are being inundated by refuse . |
| 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 | However , the chasm between the pluralist and Marxist views has been narrowing encouragingly in recent years ( McLennan , 1999 ) . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Christopher had obviously been going there for some years . |
| 12 | Later my surgeon was to tell me that the cancer had been growing away for many years . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've visited Australia 's one and only organic wine producer at Mudgee where he 's been growing organically for 30 years . |
| 15 | Jean has been teaching there for 24 years . |
| 16 | ‘ I have been coming here for nine years and have a feel for the heart of the city and this song says it all . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | This has meant a fall in the demand for residential care which had been increasing rapidly in previous years and it is the duty of the relevant authorities to plan future provision er so that everything will work smoothly for those most in need . |
| 22 | He said almost sulkily , ‘ I 've been behaving badly for two years , and you know it , and you do n't even mind . ’ |
| 23 | On the earlier date , Bob Spence bought much-neglected Swordfish HS554 that had been standing outside for 22 years . |
| 24 | I 've been working here for fourteen years but I ca n't buy postage stamps without his say-so . |
| 25 | I 've been working here for seven years now and I really enjoy my job . |