Example sentences of "[vb -s] [been] [v-ing] for years " in BNC.
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| 1 | People are realising what particularly the Belfast group has been preaching for years , that early availability of resuscitation is tremendously important . |
| 2 | Karen Gorbutt , 30 , from South London , has been trying for years to get her partner , Matthew Allen , 30 , to be considerate around the house . |
| 3 | Our share of world trade has been falling for years under successive governments to the extent that the purchasing power of our currency has roughly halved since 1945 . |
| 4 | The Merseyside Police Raft Race has been running for years and during that time has raised vast sums for local charities . |
| 5 | They 'll let you do a activity , this has been going for years but they wo n't let you . |
| 6 | The brew is still fermented for days , using the same yeast which has been working for years and years . |
| 7 | Charlemagne has been fighting for years in Spain , and has almost completed its conquest from the Saracens . |
| 8 | ‘ This thing has been smouldering for years and now it 's finally broken through . |
| 9 | Lesley saw it more as a letting-off of repressed energy : ‘ I think this thing has been smouldering for years and now it 's finally broken through . |
| 10 | The public has been rebelling for years . |
| 11 | There 's nothing new in that — she 's been trying for years . |
| 12 | He 's been canoeing for years . |
| 13 | Everyone thought Pratesi was the buyer because he 's been talking for years about building a bigger place , rearing his own pigs and growing his own feed . |
| 14 | What he can do is instill a sense of purpose and energy that 's been missing for years . |
| 15 | A farmer who 's been fighting for years to KEEP gypsies on his land has been given the go-ahead after a public inquiry . |
| 16 | An MP who 's been campaigning for years to have the road improved said tonight that he 'll be pressing the government yet again to have it upgraded to a dual carriageway . |
| 17 | There 's been advertising for years , not just since the fifties ; there was advertising in Victorian times ; newspapers and magazines , and pornography with drawings of women , and how men thought women should look , and the theatre and books all put out the same sorts of things — this is how a woman should be . |
| 18 | And she passed with flying colours She 's been driving for years apparently but she had to take a test . |