Example sentences of "[vb base] been [vb pp] for years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other books have been championed for years by obsessed option-owners , like Saul Zaentz 's doomed production of Peter Matthiesen 's At Play In The Fields Of The Lord , and Cronenberg 's Naked Lunch , the latter understanding that cult novels ca n't usually be filmed at all . |
| 2 | Many developments have been delayed for years pending completion of new or improvements to existing sewage works . |
| 3 | Other areas of South Wales have been blighted for years , while renewed threats are now being made to cut open parts of Clwyd 's countryside . |
| 4 | There is greater awareness of the problems of excessive placental transfusion ( hyperbilirubinaemia , polycythaemia and hypervolaemia ) than of the hazards of hypovolaemia , but claims of reduced preterm mortality with delayed umbilical cord ligation have been made for years . |
| 5 | Since workwear , for want of any better term , is n't really new in this country at all ( American denim brands like Lee and Levi 's are hardly passing fads ) and since the more recent brand arrivals here have been worn for years in the US and Australia , hype accusations are a little misguided . |
| 6 | Peterson Strobe Tuners in particular have been used for years by professional musicians because of their superior accuracy . |
| 7 | Tetracycline and erythromycin have been used for years , though minocycline is now increasingly considered as a preferable and safe alternative . |
| 8 | Condoms have been used for years to prevent unwanted pregnancy but are also an effective barrier against sexually transmitted diseases including HIV . |
| 9 | Budgets for prostheses have been used for years to limit elective orthopaedic activity because blocking the purchase of further implants stops joint replacement surgery , the ‘ bread and butter ’ of current elective orthopaedic practice . |
| 10 | Around forty of these drawings have been known for years from books and exhibitions , but as things are , I am the only person in the world at the moment to have complete knowledge of what that collection was in its entirety . |