Example sentences of "[been] for [num] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes dear I went to erm , er the er holiday camp in October to erm , er with the Red Cross and I went with the , Charlie took me and I went in a car with a friend of mine we went to the Red Cross holiday in Patefield , but it poured of rain every day every day it poured of rain did n't October it was terrible , ever so cold , but we were well looked after you know and I enjoyed it and we had the wheelchairs to go around in on for the dancing , it was really great I thoroughly enjoyed it , I have n't been for two years I had n't , but I went like in October , cos you 're only allowed really every two years to go , that 's all you 're allowed really , but I thoroughly enjoyed it you know , it was nice |
| 2 | So he 's been for two years . |
| 3 | Cos I have n't been for two years since I 've been to that one ! |
| 4 | Has been for six years . |
| 5 | " Scores of men are in a worse plight than they have been for thirty-seven years past " , admitted Harry Orbell , " The pawnshops are glutted . |
| 6 | The PLO felt able to play what had been for fifteen years its ‘ last card ’ — recognition of Israel — because it had gained a stronger one through the Uprising . |
| 7 | You 're alright , you , you 've been for fifteen years |
| 8 | I mean the new areas of course for us er and I still count the medical practices as a new area although it 's been for four years |
| 9 | The mute swan population stands at the highest it has been for 40 years . |
| 10 | Scums defence is as dodgy now as its been for 3–4 years . |
| 11 | It was her idea to come here each summer , but she has n't been for three years now . |
| 12 | It has n't been for three years . " |
| 13 | I have n't been for three years . |
| 14 | ‘ Miss Kenton ’ is properly speaking ‘ Mrs Benn and has been for twenty years . |
| 15 | ‘ Do n't think this is merely habit , ’ he said , ‘ though habit it has been for twenty-five years . |
| 16 | In 1979 Mrs. Nancy O'Donnell also retired , having been for 23 years an indispensable part of School life — catering for numbers large or small , brewing tea and coffee , selling biscuits outside Room 18 , applying plasters to wounded knees or offering sympathy to wounded spirits . |
| 17 | His vocal chords abruptly haemorrhaged ; CBS TV dropped him , as did his agent MCA , and Columbia Records with whom he had been for ten years . |