Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] been for years " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm happier than I 've been for years , ’ she said quietly . |
| 2 | I did not mean to say but perhaps it is better I should , therefore only remark that I will speak on the subject in my next , but do not suffer alarms on my account — I am in better health than I have been for years and I hope to get to Sydney and get comfortably settled in good time … ’ |
| 3 | She will stay with the man at whose side she has been for years , Secretary of State James Baker . |
| 4 | And although entitlement caps are not easy to implement , there is more interest in them in Congress than there has been for years , and the interest is being communicated to the administration . |
| 5 | The sun 's been shining all week over Hereford : United are on a high , five goals against Colchester was the best news there 's been for years at Edgar Street . |
| 6 | Father and son exchanged looks , in better temper with each other than they 'd been for years . |
| 7 | They were both drunker than they 'd been for years . |
| 8 | Some of Britain 's rivers are now cleaner than they 've been for years . |
| 9 | It would discourage profit and perhaps take us back to that nadir of Labour party policy when Shirley Williams was able to say with some pride that profit levels were the lowest they had been for years . |
| 10 | If they 're offered , as they have been for years and years ever since the industrial revolution , things that have been cynically designed for the working classes , is it surprising that we have a nation of people who are supposed to have no visual standards ? |
| 11 | ‘ They are fiercer than they have been for years , right back to what they used to be , ’ he said . |
| 12 | Couples is a naturally high flighter of the ball and that , together with his length , is an advantage at Augusta , particularly since everyone seems to agree that the greens are firmer than they have been for years . |
| 13 | FARM policy reforms agreed by EC members leave farming industry prospects brighter than they have been for years , Agriculture Minister John Gummer told the Commons last night . |
| 14 | It has been for years . |
| 15 | Her father 's order book was better filled than it had been for years , her mother 's health seemed good , Eileen was happy in her work as a pools clerk , and Tony and Helen were happily planning their wedding . |
| 16 | This year , the abundance of berries was the best it had been for years . |
| 17 | The effort of giving Sam as much exercise as he wanted made Albert more fit than he had been for years . |
| 18 | It 's just the way it 's been for years . |