Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] heroin for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As in the first survey , over 90 per cent of the opioid users attending Wirral 's main two facilities for drug users were daily users of heroin , and had been using heroin for between six months and five years . |
| 2 | As in the first survey , over 90 per cent of the opioid users attending Wirral 's main treatment facilities in 1985–6 were daily users of heroin , who had been using heroin for between six months and five years . |
| 3 | Consequently , the sample group had been using heroin for an average of five years when they were interviewed . |
| 4 | Given that most of the interviewee group had been using heroin for between four and five years , most had contacted their GP , and frequently several different GPs , on a number of occasions . |
| 5 | Second , almost three-quarters of these interviewees had been using heroin for two years or less by the start of the prevalence study period . |
| 6 | However , given that users in the hidden sector are slightly younger , and have not been using heroin for as long as the known users , it does seem highly likely that many more of these ‘ hidden ’ users will surface , either because of prosecution , pregnancy , physical illness or their own decision to seek help of some sort . |